Buta, Burundi

Buta
Town
Buta

Location in Burundi

Coordinates: 3°57′20″S 29°42′20″E / 3.95556°S 29.70556°E / -3.95556; 29.70556Coordinates: 3°57′20″S 29°42′20″E / 3.95556°S 29.70556°E / -3.95556; 29.70556
Country  Burundi
Province Bururi Province
Commune Commune of Bururi
Time zone Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Buta is a small town in the Commune of Bururi in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. It is located 106 km by road southeast of Bujumbura and 11.3 km by R.N.16 and R.N.17 southeast of Bururi.[1] A ten-minute drive from Bururi, Buta is an important garrison town.[2] On April 30, 1997, 44[3] Hutu and Tutsi seminarians were slaughtered at the minor seminary in Buta, most of whom were "Catholics of African origin: 8 from Rwanda, 6 from Congo, and 1 from Nigeria as well as the 4 from Burundi."[4] 36 killed were seminary students and 8 killed were staff.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ↑ Krueger, Robert; Krueger, Kathleen Tobin (1 October 2007). From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years During Genocide. University of Texas Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-292-71486-1. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ↑ The Tablet. Tablet Pub. Co. 2000. p. 649. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ↑ The Catholic world report. Ignatius Press. 1998. p. 8. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. ↑ War cry of the Salvation Army. Salvation Army. 1997. p. 321. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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