Mirama

Mirama lies near the mountain forest of Kibira, on the great divide between the Congo and Nile basins. Streams descending westward find the Rusizi and Lake Tanganyika, while waters to the east reach the Ruvubu and Kagera. The forest was sacred to the people of Burundi and served the kingdom as a hunting ground. Families guarded burial places of early kings within Kibira, while neighbouring communities gathered bamboo, medicinal plants and other forest products.

The later city of Bujumbura lies here.