Commune of Itaba

Commune of Itaba
Taba
Itaba
CountryBurundi
ProvinceGitega Province
Administrative centerItaba
Government
  The Administrateur CommunalMs Béatrice NIYONZIMA
Area
  Commune
70 sq mi (170 km2)
Population
  Commune
54,793 inhabitants as per September 2,006
  Density830/sq mi (322/km2)
  Urban
0
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

The commune Itaba is one of 11 municipalities in the province of Gitega, Burundi. It is surrounded in the north by the town of Gitega, to the south by Rutana Province, to the west by the municipalities Bukirasazi and Makebuko, and to the east also by Rutana Province, as well as Ruyigi Province. It covers an area of 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi), equal tp 8.6% of the entire province of Gitega (1,978.96 square kilometres (764.08 sq mi)) and 0.6% of the whole country (27,834 square kilometres (10,747 sq mi)).