Burundi

Burundi
sovereign state, landlocked country, country
Part ofEast Africa Edit
Year dem found am1 July 1962 Edit
Official nameUburundi, République du Burundi, Republic of Burundi Edit
Native labelUburundi Edit
Short nameBurundi, 🇧🇮 Edit
Dem name afterKirundi Edit
Official languageKirundi, French, English Edit
AnthemBurundi Bwacu Edit
Cultureculture of Burundi Edit
Motto textUbumwe, Ibikorwa, Amajambere, Unité, Travail, Progrès, Единство, труд, прогрес, Unitate, Trudă, Progres, Beautiful Burundi Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryBurundi Edit
CapitalGitega Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+02:00, Africa/Bujumbura Edit
Coordinate location3°40′0″S 29°49′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point2°58′48″S 30°51′0″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point2°19′12″S 30°24′0″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point4°28′8″S 29°45′11″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point2°47′24″S 29°0′4″E Edit
Highest pointMount Heha Edit
Lowest pointLake Tanganyika Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Burundi Edit
State ein headÉvariste Ndayishimiye Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Burundi Edit
Government ein headunknown value Edit
Executive bodyCouncil of Ministers Edit
Legislative bodyParliament of Burundi Edit
Central bankBank of the Republic of Burundi Edit
CurrencyBurundian franc Edit
Demma headquarters locationBujumbura Edit
Dey share bother plusDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, Type E Edit
Dey followKingdom of Burundi Edit
Dey replaceKingdom of Burundi Edit
Language dem useSwahili, French, Kirundi Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.presidence.gov.bi/ Edit
HashtagBurundi Edit
Top-level Internet domain.bi Edit
Flagflag of Burundi Edit
Coat of armscoat of arms of Burundi Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Burundi Edit
Get characteristicnot-free country Edit
History of topichistory of Burundi Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Burundi Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Burundi Edit
Mobile country code642 Edit
Country calling code+257 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 113, 117 Edit
Licence plate codeRU Edit
Maritime identification digits609 Edit
Unicode character🇧🇮 Edit
Category for mapsCategory:Maps of Burundi Edit
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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.

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