Cankuzo Province

Cankuzo Province

Capital	Cankuzo
Governor	Régine Katabarumwe (UPRONA)
Area	1,965 km² Ranked 4th
Population (1999 estimate)	172,477 Ranked 17th
Communes	5

Cankuzo is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo.

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 elections 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 (CNDD- FDD) won a majority of the 125 seats followed by the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) and Union for National Progress (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.