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Gitega

capital of Burundi
City City Q167551
Gitega
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Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
city
Inception
1912[4]
Native label
Gitega[12]
Official name
Gitega[11]

Location

Country
Burundi[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -3.428°, 29.925°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Gitega Province[2]

Population and size

Area
+22[15]
Elevation above sea level
+1504[14]
Population
21k (21k–135k, n=3)[5][6][7]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 41,944 · 135,467 · 20,708 GeoNames 64,904 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +2
Capital of
Gitega Province, Kingdom of Burundi, Burundi[8][9][10]
Different from
Gitega Province[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kitega en Gitega ar غيتغا ar غيتيغا ar جيتيغا ar عاصمة بوروندي cs Kitega de Kitega el Γκιτέγκα en-gb Kitega es Gitega es Guitega es Kitega fa گیتگا fi Kitega fr Kitega he גיטגה hi गीटेगा hu Kitega ja ギテガ
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
134921771
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84173277
GND ID
4806037-9
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16999433n
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12012934
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2QoX1Q
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
562328
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Gitega
FAST ID
1229699
Facebook location ID
104041612965489
FactGrid item ID
Hong Kong national under-23 football team
Freebase ID
/m/039rb_
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GNS Unique Feature ID
6034925
GeoNames ID
426272
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2362784, 5715179
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
gitega-42d7eb
IdRef ID
19345050X
J9U entity ID
987007555377405171
KBpedia ID
Gitega-ProvinceBurundi
Lex ID
Gitega
OpenStreetMap node ID
301351574
OpenWeatherMap city ID
426272
SNARC ID
Ronno
Topic's main category
Category:Gitega
Treccani ID
gitega
UN/LOCODE
BIGID
Who's on First ID
421204489
YSO ID
508353
Yale LUX ID
place/0668dffe-a0e8-45f1-8e9a-5391d8efd5bf
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
People born here 5
Ntare V of Burundi, Prince Louis Rwagasore of Burundi, Esther Kamatari, Eddy Munyaneza, Rosa Paula Iribagiza, Crown Princess of Burundi
People who died here 4
Ntare V of Burundi, Ririkumutima, André Makarakiza, Joachim Ruhuna
Capital of 3
Burundi, Gitega Province, Kingdom of Burundi
Contained subdivisions 3
National Museum of Gitega, Christ the King Cathedral, Gitega prison fire
← Capital 3
Burundi, Gitega Province, Kingdom of Burundi
← Headquarters location 3
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega, Flambeau du Centre, Musongati FC
Located in this place 2
National Museum of Gitega, Gitega prison fire
Named after 2
Gitega Province, Gitega Airport
← Place of burial 2
Pierre Nkurunziza, Ntare V of Burundi
Country 1
Burundi
Different from 1
Gitega Province
FactGrid item ID 1
Hong Kong national under-23 football team
Instance of 1
city
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Gitega Province
SNARC ID 1
Ronno
Topic's main category 1
Category:Gitega
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Gitega
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Gitega Province
← Place served by transport hub 1
Gitega Airport
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Summary

Gitega is a city[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gitega include Gitega Province[16], a province of Burundi[17], in Burundi[18] and Gitega Airport[19], an airport[20], in Burundi[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Gitega include Gitega Province[16], a province of Burundi[17], in Burundi[18] and Gitega Airport[19], an airport[20], in Burundi[21].

Related Entities

Burundi city Pierre Nkurunziza

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . isteebu.bi. isteebu.bi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 4806037-9
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56529: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2QoX1Q
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Wikidata item
    Official name → Gitega
    Capital of → Gitega Province, Kingdom of Burundi, Burundi
    GeoNames ID → 426272
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 508353, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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