Mugamba

Mugamba occupies the high crest between the Congo and Nile drainage basins, stretching southward from the Rwandan highlands. Rain is abundant, but the elevated country is cool enough for frost on some nights. Its rounded hills hold fields and grasslands, with forests on parts of the ridge. Cattle keeping has long been important here: scattered homesteads stand among pasture and cultivated ground, and enclosures provide shelter for livestock at night.

The later city of Gitega lies here.