It contains a hospital, a football field and a church, and the historical site of the Treaty of Kiganda.

[2] Before the colonial era, each king or clan of Burundi had his own capital, with a palace surrounded by homes, places of worship and store houses.

In 1895 the Germans entered Burundi from Rwanda, but were defeated in the battles of Ruvubu (1896) and Uzige and Muyaga (1898).

In June 1899 at the Battle of Ndaga, Captain Robert von Bering used Mexican machine guns to decisively defeat the Barundi.

The Treaty of Kiganda acknowledged the independence of Ingoma y’Uburundi, while making concessions to the Germans including the military station of Usumbura and the Catholic mission of Mugera.