Burundi
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| National motto: Unite, Travail, Progres (French: Unity, Work, Progress) | |||||
| Languages | Kirundi (official), French, Swahili | ||||
| Capital | Bujumbura | ||||
| President | Domitien Ndayizeye | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 142nd 27,830 km² 7.8% | ||||
| Population
- Total (2003) - Density | Ranked 99th
6,054,714 206.1/km² | ||||
| Independence - Date | From Belgium July 1, 1962 | ||||
| Currency | Burundi franc (FBu) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+2 | ||||
| National anthem | Burundi bwacu (Beloved Burundi) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bi | ||||
| Calling Code | 257 | ||||
| Table of contents |
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2 Politics 3 Provinces 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 8 Miscelleanous topics |
History
Main article: History of Burundi Between 1993 and 1999, ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundi created hundreds of thousands of refugees and left at least 250,000 dead. Although many refugees have returned from neighboring countries, continued ethnic strife has forced others to flee. Burundian troops, seeking to secure their borders, have intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Politics
Main article: Politics of Burundi
Provinces
Main article: Provinces of Burundi
Geography
Main article: Geography of Burundi
Economy
Main article: Economy of Burundi
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Burundi
Culture
Main article: Culture of Burundi
- Music of Burundi
- List of writers from Burundi
Miscelleanous topics
- Communications in Burundi
- Transportation in Burundi
- Military of Burundi
- Foreign relations of Burundi
| Africa |
| Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Cote d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | The Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
| Other areas |
| Canary Islands | Ceuta, Melilla, and other Spanish possessions | Madeira Islands | Mayotte | Reunion | Saint Helena | Western Sahara |
| La Francophonie | |
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| Belgium | Benin | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cambodia | Canada | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Republic of the Congo | Cote d'Ivoire | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Dominica | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | France | Gabon | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Haiti | Laos | Lebanon | Luxembourg | Madagascar | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Moldova | Monaco | Morocco | Niger | Romania | Rwanda | Saint Lucia | Sao Tome and Principe | Senegal | Seychelles | Switzerland | Togo | Tunisia | Vanuatu | Vietnam | |
| Participating subnational governments | |
| French Community of Belgium | New Brunswick (Canada) | Quebec (Canada) | |
| Associate members | |
| Albania | Macedonia | |
| Observer status | |
| Czech Republic | Lithuania | Poland | Slovakia | Slovenia | |