The Jiji River (French: Rivière Murembwe) is a river in Burundi.
| Jiji River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rivière Jiji (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Province | Bururi Province |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Murembwe River |
• coordinates | 3°53′18″S 29°33′29″E / 3.88845°S 29.55797°E |
Course
editThe Jiji River rises in the east of Bururi Province near Ruvuye. It flows east, then north, then flows west, parallel to the Siguvyaye River to its south, to its mouth on the Murembwe River. The river defines the northeast tip of the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve.[1]
Dam
editIn 2013 the Burundian government start a project to build hydroelectric dams on the Jiji and Murembwe rivers. Work began in 2020 after seven years of study. Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, prime minister of Burundi, visited the sites in June 2021. He said work on the access roads was going well, work had started on the Jiji River and would start soon on the Murembwe River.[2]
In December 2022 there were torrential rains in Muheka colline, below the Nyakigo colline, but officials of the ORASCOM company said the Jiji Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Station was not badly affected. The director general of REGIDESO Burundi asked ORASCOM to speed up the work.[3]
References
editSources
edit- "La centrale hydroélectrique de Jiji Murembwe restée en bon état malgré les aléas climatiques", Agence Burundaise de Presse (in French), 19 December 2022, retrieved 2024-08-16
- Ndereyimana, Fidès (15 June 2021), "Construction des barrages Jiji et Murembwe : Malgré le retard constaté, les travaux avancent", Le Renouveau du Burundi, retrieved 2024-08-16
- "Relation: Jiji (17502783)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2024-08-17