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Republic of Burundi

(Republique du Burundi/Republika y'u Burundi)

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Republic of Burundi

  • Location: Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Geographic coordinates: 3 30 S, 30 00 E
  • Area: total - 27,830 sq km, land - 25,650 sq km , water - 2,180 sq km
  • Land boundaries: total - 974 km (border countries - Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km)
  • Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
  • Capital: Bujumbura
  • Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)
  • Population: 8,090,068 (July 2006 est.)
  • Nationality: noun - Burundian(s), adjective - Burundian
  • Ethnic groups: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
  • Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
  • Languages: Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

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