Burundi
The Republic of Burundi
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About Burundi
The Republic of Burundi is a small nation in the Great Lakes region of Africa and much of its western border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. The total area of Burundi amounts 27.830 sq km of which 7.8% is water.
The high plateau has considerable altitude variation: 772 m to 2,670 m above sea level. The highest peak Mount Karonie lies to the southeast of the capital, Bujumbura and is 2,685 m high.
The land has suffered a lot of deforastation, soil erosion and habitat loss. Burundi today has two national parks, Kibira National Park to the northwest and Rurubu National Park to the north east.
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General information
- Capital: Bujumbura
- Language: Kirundi and French. Swahili is widely spoken
- Climate: Equatorial climate; average temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees
- Timezone: UTC+2
- Currency: Burundi franc (FBu)
- Electricity plugs: c e (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 6.4M
- Interl. accesscode +257
- Toplevel domain .bi
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Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa with conflicts between the ruling Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority
Approximately half of the population is aged 14 or less, taking into account the significant effect that AIDS has on the demographics of the country
Religion: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Public holidays: Independence Day, 1 July
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