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Burundi

sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Part of	East Africa
Year dem found am	1 July 1962
Official name	Uburundi, République du Burundi, Republic of Burundi
Native label	Uburundi
Short name	Burundi, 🇧🇮
Dem name after	Kirundi
Official language	Kirundi, French, English
Anthem	Burundi Bwacu
Culture	culture of Burundi
Motto text	Ubumwe, Ibikorwa, Amajambere, Unité, Travail, Progrès, Единство, труд, прогрес, Unitate, Trudă, Progres, Beautiful Burundi
Continent	Africa
Country	Burundi
Capital	Gitega
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Africa/Bujumbura
Coordinate location	3°40′0″S 29°49′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	2°58′48″S 30°51′0″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	2°19′12″S 30°24′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	4°28′8″S 29°45′11″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	2°47′24″S 29°0′4″E
Highest point	Mount Heha
Lowest point	Lake Tanganyika
Office held by head of state	President of Burundi
State ein head	Évariste Ndayishimiye
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Burundi
Government ein head	Gervais Ndirakobuca
Executive body	Council of Ministers
Legislative body	Parliament of Burundi
Central bank	Bank of the Republic of Burundi
Currency	Burundian franc
Demma headquarters location	Bujumbura
Dey share bother plus	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Dey follow	Kingdom of Burundi
Dey replace	Kingdom of Burundi
Language dem use	Swahili, French, Kirundi
Dema official website	https://www.presidence.gov.bi/
Hashtag	Burundi
Top-level Internet domain	.bi
Flag	flag of Burundi
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Burundi
Geography of topic	geography of Burundi
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of Burundi
Economy of topic	economy of Burundi
Demographics of topic	demographics of Burundi
Mobile country code	642
Country calling code	+257
Emergency phone number	112, 113, 117
Licence plate code	RU
Maritime identification digits	609
Unicode character	🇧🇮
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Burundi

Burundi (/bəˈrʊndi/ (listen), /-ˈrʌn-/), alias Republic 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 by Rwanda to de north, Tanzania to de east den southeast, den de Democratic Republic of the Congo to 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 de African Union, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations, East African Community (EAC), den de Non-Aligned Movement.

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. ISBN 9782813001955. Archived from 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. Archived from 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. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
10. ↑ "Burundi: administrative units, extended". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
11. ↑ Law, Gwillim. "Provinces of Burundi". Statoids. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
12. ↑ "Burundi Cities by Population".

• Eggers, Ellen K. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Burundi (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5302-7.
• Lemarchand, Rene (1996). Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56623-0.

• Abdallah, Ahmedou Ould Burundi on the Brink, 1993–95: A UN Special Envoy Reflects on Preventive Diplomacy
• Allen, J. A.; et al. (2003). Africa South of the Sahara 2004: South of the Sahara. New York, New York: Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN 1-85743-183-9.
• Bentley, Kristina and Southall, Roger An African Peace Process: Mandela, South Africa, and Burundi
• Chrétien, Jean-Pierre The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of History
• Daley, Patricia Gender and Genocide in Burundi: The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region
• Gates, Henry Lewis; Anthony Appiah (1999). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. New York, New York: Basic Civitas Books. ISBN 0-465-00071-1.
• Ewusi, Kale and Akwanga, Ebenezer Burundi's Negative Peace: The Shadow of a Broken Continent in the Era of Nepad
• Jennings, Christian Across the Red River: Rwanda, Burundi and the Heart of Darkness
• Kayoya, Michel My Father's Footsteps (Sur les traces de mon père) East African Publishing House, 1973
• Kayoya, Michel Entre deux mondes (Between two worlds) Lavigerie Éditeurs, Bujumbura: 1971. Kayoya was murdered during the 1972 genocide.
• Kidder, Tracy, Strength in What Remains (A biography of a Burundian immigrant to the US)
• Krueger, Robert; Kathleen Tobin Krueger (2007). From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years during Genocide. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71486-1.
• Melady, Thomas Patrick Burundi: The Tragic Years
• Nivonzima, David and Fendell, Len Unlocking Horns: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Burundi
• Uvin, Peter Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi
• Watt, Nigel Burundi: The Biography of a Small African Country
• Weinstein, Warren (2006). Historical Dictionary of Burundi. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-0962-1.1st. edition.

• Records of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi (UNICIB) (1995–1996) at the United Nations Archives
• Official Burundi government website
• Official Website of the Ministry of Justice of Burundi
• Chief of State and Cabinet Members
• Burundi. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Burundi from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Burundi from the BBC News
• Key Development Forecasts for Burundi from International Futures