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Burundi
sovereign state,landlocked country,country
Part ofEast AfricaEdit
Year dem found am1 July 1962Edit
Official nameUburundi,République du Burundi,Republic of BurundiEdit
Native labelUburundiEdit
Short nameBurundi,🇧🇮Edit
Dem name afterKirundiEdit
Official languageKirundi,French,EnglishEdit
AnthemBurundi BwacuEdit
Cultureculture of BurundiEdit
Motto textUbumwe, Ibikorwa, Amajambere,Unité, Travail, Progrès,Единство, труд, прогрес,Unitate, Trudă, Progres,Beautiful BurundiEdit
ContinentAfricaEdit
CountryBurundiEdit
CapitalGitegaEdit
Located in time zoneUTC+02:00,Africa/BujumburaEdit
Coordinate location3°40′0″S 29°49′0″EEdit
Coordinates of easternmost point2°58′48″S 30°51′0″EEdit
Coordinates of northernmost point2°19′12″S 30°24′0″EEdit
Coordinates of southernmost point4°28′8″S 29°45′11″EEdit
Coordinates of westernmost point2°47′24″S 29°0′4″EEdit
Highest pointMount HehaEdit
Lowest pointLake TanganyikaEdit
Office held by head of statePresident of BurundiEdit
State ein headÉvariste NdayishimiyeEdit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of BurundiEdit
Government ein headGervais NdirakobucaEdit
Executive bodyCouncil of MinistersEdit
Legislative bodyParliament of BurundiEdit
Central bankBank of the Republic of BurundiEdit
CurrencyBurundian francEdit
Demma headquarters locationBujumburaEdit
Dey share bother plusDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Rwanda,TanzaniaEdit
Driving siderightEdit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug,Type EEdit
Dey followKingdom of BurundiEdit
Dey replaceKingdom of BurundiEdit
Language dem useSwahili,French,KirundiEdit
Dema official websitehttps:// presidence.gov.bi/Edit
HashtagBurundiEdit
Top-level Internet domain.biEdit
Flagflag of BurundiEdit
Coat of armscoat of arms of BurundiEdit
Geography of topicgeography of BurundiEdit
Get characteristicnot-free countryEdit
History of topichistory of BurundiEdit
Economy of topiceconomy of BurundiEdit
Demographics of topicdemographics of BurundiEdit
Mobile country code642Edit
Country calling code+257Edit
Emergency phone number112,113,117Edit
Licence plate codeRUEdit
Maritime identification digits609Edit
Unicode character🇧🇮Edit
Category for mapsCategory:Maps of BurundiEdit
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Burundi(/bəˈrʊndi/ (listen), /-ˈrʌn-/), aliasRepublic of Burundi(Kirundi:Repuburika y’Uburundi[1][u.βu.ɾǔː.ndi]; Swahili:Jamuhuri ya Burundi;French:République du Burundi[buʁundi, byʁyndi]), be sam landlocked country for Great Rift Valley insyd wey dey de junction between de African Great Lakes region den East Africa. Ebe border byRwandato de north,Tanzaniato de east den southeast, den deDemocratic Republic of the Congoto de west; Lake Tanganyika dey lie along ein southwestern border. De capital cities be Gitega den Bujumbura, de latter be de country ein largest city.[2]

Burundi remain primarily rural society, plus just 13.4% of de population dey live insyd urban areas for 2019 insyd.[3]Burundi be densely populated, den chaw young people emigrate dey search of opportunities elsewhere. Roughly 85% of de population be of Hutu ethnic origin, 15% be Tutsi, den fewer dan 1% be Twa.[4]De official languages of Burundi be Kirundi, French, den English—Kirundi be officially dem recognise as de sole national language.[5]Na dem make English official language for 2014 insyd.[6]

One of de smallest countries insyd Africa, dem dey use Burundi ein land mostly for subsistence agriculture den grazing, wey edey lead to deforestation, soil erosion, den habitat loss.[7]As of 2005, na de country be almost completely deforested. Na less dan 6% of ein land be cover by trees, den ova half of dat be for commercial plantations.[8]Burundi be de poorest country for de world insyd by nominal GDP per capita, wey ebe one of de least developed countries. Edey face widespread poverty, corruption, instability, authoritarianism, den illiteracy. De 2018 World Happiness Report rank de country as de world ein least happy plus rank of 156.[9]Burundi be member of deAfrican Union,Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations, East African Community (EAC), den de Non-Aligned Movement.

Subdivisions

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Province Capital Area[10]

(km2)

Population[11]

(2008 census)

Density (per km2) Communes
Eastern Burundi
Cankuzo Cankuzo 1,964.54 228,873 116.5 5
Gitega Gitega 1,978.96 725,223 366.5 11
Rutana Rutana 1,959.45 333,510 170.2 6
Ruyigi Ruyigi 2,338.88 400,530 171.2 7
Northern Burundi
Karuzi Karuzi 1,457.40 436,443 299.5 7
Kayanza Kayanza 1,233.24 585,412 474.7 9
Kirundo Kirundo 1,703.34 628,256 368.8 7
Muyinga Muyinga 1,836.26 632,409 344.4 7
Ngozi Ngozi 1,473.86 660,717 448.3 9
Southern Burundi
Bururi Bururi 1,644.68 313,102 190.4 6
Makamba Makamba 1,959.60 430,899 219.9 6
Rumonge Rumonge 1,079.72 352,026 326.0 5
Western Burundi
Bubanza Bubanza 1,089.04 338,023 310.4 5
Bujumbura Mairie Bujumbura 86.52 497,166 5746.3 13
Bujumbura Rural Isale 1,059.84 464,818 438.6 9
Cibitoke Cibitoke 1,635.53 460,435 281.5 6
Muramvya Muramvya 695.52 292,589 420.7 5
Mwaro Mwaro 839.60 273,143 325.3 6

Demographics

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Largest cities anaa towns insyd Burundi

Source:[12]

Rank Name Province Pop.
1 Bujumbura Bujumbura Mairie 374,809
2 Gitega Gitega 135,467
3 Ngozi Ngozi 39,884
4 Rumonge Bururi 35,931
5 Cibitoke Cibitoke 23,885
6 Kayanza Kayanza 21,767
7 Bubanza Bubanza 20,031
8 Karuzi Karuzi 10,705
9 Kirundo Kirundo 10,024
10 Muyinga Muyinga 9,609

References

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  1. ↑"Constitution de la République du Burundi promulguée le 07 juin 2018".3 July 2018.
  2. ↑"Loi n°1/04 du 04 février 2019 portant Fixation de la Capitale Politique et de la Capitale Economique du Burundi".13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ↑"Burundi",The World Factbook,Central Intelligence Agency, 31 January 2024, retrieved 5 February 2024
  4. ↑Eggers,p. ix.
  5. ↑Maurer, Sous la direction de Bruno (1 October 2016).Les approches bi-plurilingues d'enseignement-apprentissage: autour du programme Écoles et langues nationales en Afrique (ELAN-Afrique): Actes du colloque du 26–27 mars 2015, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France.Archives contemporaines. ISBN9782813001955.Archivedfrom the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑"Burundi: l'anglais officialisé aux côtés du français et du kirundi".RFI(insyd French). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ↑Bermingham, Eldredge, Dick, Christopher W. and Moritz, Craig (2005).Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future.Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, p. 146.ISBN 0-226-04468-8
  8. ↑Butler, Rhett A. (2006)."Burundi".Mongabay.Archivedfrom the original on 5 May 2006.
  9. ↑Collinson, Patrick (14 March 2018)."Finland is the happiest country in the world, says UN report".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ↑"Burundi: administrative units, extended".GeoHive. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. ↑Law, Gwillim."Provinces of Burundi".Statoids.Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  12. ↑"Burundi Cities by Population".

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