Cankuzo Province

Cankuzo Province Mkoa wa Kankuzo
province
Country	Burundi
Capital	Cankuzo
Government
• Governor	Régine Katabarumwe (UPRONA)
Area
• Total	1,964.54 km2 (758.51 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 4th
Population  (2008 census)
• Total	228,873
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)

Cankuzo Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.^[1] Located in the eastern part of the country, the province covers an area of 1,965 km². The provincial capital is Cankuzo. It is Burundi's least populated province.

Cankuzo Province is in the east of Burundi, bordered by Tanzania to the northeast and southeast. It is southeast of Muyinga Province, east of Karuzi Province and northeast of Ruyigi Province. The south east of Cankuzo Province is in the Kumoso natural region, and the rest of the province is in the Buyogoma natural region.^[2]

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

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.