Editing Bujumbura (section)

==Economy==
[[File:View of bujumbura.JPG|thumb|View of Bujumbura Market]]
{{seealso|Markets in Bujumbura|Economy of Burundi}}
The [[Port of Bujumbura]] is the largest port on Lake Tanganyika.{{sfn|Burundi Port of Bujumbura Logistics Cluster}}
Burundi depends on neighboring countries for access to the ocean. 
Goods may be carried by road via Rwanda, or by the lake and then by road or rail via Tanzania, Congo or Zambia.
80% of Burundi's external trade is carried via the last three routes, using the Port of Bujumbura.{{sfn|Exploitation du Port de Bujumbura|p=2}}
The port manages receipt and delivery of exports and imports, whether carried by ship or by truck.
As of 2011 more than 90% of cargo handled was imports, of which about 60% entered by ship and 40% by truck.{{sfn|Study of Master Plan for Port Sector|p=8}}

[[Bujumbura Central Market]] was in the city centre, along Rwagasore Avenue. During the [[1993 ethnic violence in Burundi]], citizens became less likely to travel far from the city centre, and markets in neighbouring communities lost their business to the central market.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
At dawn on 27 January 2013 a serious fire ravaged the central market.<ref>[http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20130127-burundi-vaste-incendie-marche-central-bujumbura Burundi: vaste incendie au marché central de Bujumbura] ''[[Radio France internationale]]'', 27 janvier 2013</ref> Due to the poor emergency response, the fire lasted for hours, resulting in a serious blow to local exchanges. Hundreds of vendors, local and foreign, lost their goods to the fire and the reported [[looting]].<ref>[http://www.agoravox.fr/actualites/international/article/incendie-au-marche-central-de-131282 Incendie au marché central de Bujumbura: des Sénégalais dans la désolation] ''[[Agoravox]]'', 25 Février 2013</ref>