Musongati is located in Musongati Commune, Rutana Province, approximately 177 kilometres (110 mi), by road, south-east of Bujumbura, the financial capital and largest city in Burundi.

[1] This is approximately 78.5 kilometres (49 mi), by road, south-east of Gitega, the capital city of Burundi.

[2] Musongati is the location of significant deposits of nickel, platinum, palladium, copper, gold and iron.

[3] It is on the route of the proposed railway from Tanzania to the Burundi capital Gitega.

[4] Therefore, there are unlimited contentions whether they should change the route since Musongati has Nickel deposit and has also numerous chutes of water.