Bujumbura is a province of Burundi. It was one of Burundi's nine original provinces when the country became independent in 1962. Sometime around 1969, the arrondissement of Mwisare was transferred from the province of Bubanza to Bujumbura. In 1991, Bujumbura was split into two provinces: Bujumbura Mairie, which contains the country's largest city, former capital, and current economic capital Bujumbura; and Bujumbura Rural. In 2015, the communes of Bugarama and Muhuta in Bujumbura Rural Province were incorporated into the newly formed Rumonge Province.