Burundi
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| Motto: "Ubumwe, Ibikorwa, Iterambere" (Kirundi) "Unité, Travail, Progrès" (French) "Unity, Wirk, Progress" 1 |
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| Offeecial leid | Kirundi, French | ||||
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) |
Bujumbura | ||||
| Guvrenment - Preses |
Pierre Nkurunziza | ||||
| Aurie - Tot - % watter |
27,834 km² 7.7% |
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| Population - 2009 - 2008 census - Density |
8,988,091 8,038,618 323/km² |
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| Foondin - Independence frae Belgium |
1 Julie 1962 | ||||
| Siller | Burundi franc (BIF) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 2, Simmer: UTC + 2 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Burundi bwacu (Oor Burundi) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bi | ||||
| Cawin code | 257 | ||||
Burundi (pronounced Template:IPA-rw), offeecially the Republic o Burundi, is a landlocked kintra in the Great Lakes region o Eastren Africa bordered bi Rwanda tae the north, Tanzanie tae the east an sooth, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the wast. Its size is juist unner 28,000 km² wi an estimatit population o amaist 8,700,000. Its caipital is Bujumbura. Although the kintra is landlocked, muckle o the soothwastren border is adjacent tae Lake Tanganyika.
The Twa, Tutsi, an Hutu fowks hae occupied Burundi since the kintra's formation five centuries ago. Burundi wis ruled as a kinrick bi the Tutsi for ower twa hunder years. Housomivver, at the beginnin o the twintiet century, Germany an Belgium occupied the region, an Burundi an Rwanda became a European colony kent as Ruanda-Urundi.
Poleetical unrest occurred throughoot the region acause o social differences atween the Tutsi an Hutu, provokin civil war in Burundi throughoot the middle twintiet century. Presently, Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic. Saxtie-twa percent o Burundians are Roman Catholic, aicht tae ten percent are Muslims an the rest follae indigenous beliefs an ither Christian denominations.
Burundi is ane o the ten poorest kintras in the warld. Burundi haes a law gross domestic product lairgely due tae ceevil wars, corruption, poor access tae education, an the effects o HIV/AIDS. Burundi is densely populatit, wi substantial emigration. Cobalt an copper are amang Burundi's natural resources. Some o Burundi's main exports include coffee an sugar.
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