Cankuzo Province

Capital	Cankuzo Cankuzo Cankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Cankuzo Province....
Governor	Régine Katabarumwe (UPRONA Union for National Progress The Union for National Progress is a nationalist political party in Burundi, receiving most of its support from members of the Tutsi ethnic group. It is celebrated for its role in gaining Burundian independence. UPRONA's most famous prime minister and Burundi National Hero is Prince Louis Rwagasore... )
Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...	1,965 km² Ranked 4th
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... (1999 estimate)	172,477 Ranked 17th
Communes	5

Cankuzo is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi

Provinces of Burundi

||Burundi is divided into seventeen provinces, each named after their respective capital.-See also:*Communes of Burundi*Collines of Burundi*Geography of Burundi*List of Burundian provinces by area*List of Burundian provinces by population...

. Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo

Cankuzo

Cankuzo is a city located in eastern Burundi. It is the capital city of Cankuzo Province....

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Communes

Cankuzo province is divided into five communes; each governed by an elected 25-member council.

• Commune of Cankuzo
• Commune of Cendajuru
• Commune of Gisagara
• Commune of Kigamba
• Commune of Mishiha

Politics

Direct Communal and National Assembly

National Assembly of Burundi

The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Parliament in Burundi. It consists of 100 directly elected members and between 18 to 21 co-opted members who serve five-year terms....

 elections

Burundi elections, 2005

The Republic of Burundi held several elections in 2005. The polls returned the nation to constitutional democratic rule after a devastating civil war that arose from long-standing ethnic tensions between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority....

 were held throughout Burundi on 3 June and 4 July 2005, respectively.

• In communal council elections, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy
  National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy
  The National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy was the most significant rebel group active in the Burundi Civil War and became a major political party in Burundi...
  
   (CNDD- FDD) won a majority of the 125 seats followed by the Front for Democracy in Burundi
  Front for Democracy in Burundi
  The Front for Democracy in Burundi is a progressive political party in Burundi.It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' Party in 1986...
  
   (FRODEBU) and Union for National Progress
  Union for National Progress
  The Union for National Progress is a nationalist political party in Burundi, receiving most of its support from members of the Tutsi ethnic group. It is celebrated for its role in gaining Burundian independence. UPRONA's most famous prime minister and Burundi National Hero is Prince Louis Rwagasore...
  
  (UPRONA). Smaller parties won the remaining seats.
• Cankuzo province has four deputies in the National Assembly. They are distributed as follows: CNDD-FDD – 2, FRODEBU – 1, UPRONA – 1.