Gitega is the capital of Burundi.

It is located in the center of the country, on the Burundian central plateau roughly 62 kilometers (39 mi) east of Bujumbura (the largest city and former capital), Gitega (the second largest city) was the seat of the Kingdom of Burundi until its abolition in 1966. In late December 2018, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow up on a 2007 promise to return Gitega to its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as its economic capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move in over three years. Bujumbura was the capital from 1962 to 2018.