BURUNDI

Name:Burundi (Republic of Burundi)
Local name (Rundi):Burundi (Republika y'Uburundi)
Local name (French):Burundi (République du Burundi)
Bordering countries:Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
Status:sovereign state
Surface:27.8 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):6 096 ths.
Capital:Bujumbura
Official languages:Rundi, French


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
German East Africa (1885-1919)
Belgian mandate (1922-1946) and trust (1946-1962) territory of Rwanda-Urundi
Kingdom of Burundi (1962-1966)
Republic of Burundi (since 1966)

Ethnic minorities



African Union

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