Rugero is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of the center of Kirundo town.

[1] The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.

[3] Shinge and Rugero are two distinct but neighboring hills in the Bugesera region of northern Burundi.

In 1775 the war resumed, and the Rwandan troops camped on Mount Shinge.

The term "Kubura Shinge na Rugero", meaning "to lose Shinge and Rugero" refers to the Rwandan loss, but has come to mean having nobody to rely upon, to have no fire or home.