Burundi
Coordinates: 3°30′S 30°00′E / 3.500°S 30.000°E
Burundi (pronounced [buˈɾundi]), offeecially the Republic o Burundi, is a landlocked kintra in the Great Lochs region o Eastren Africae mairchin wi Rwanda tae the north, Tanzanie tae the east an sooth, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the wast. Its size is juist unner 28,000 km² wi an estimatit population bein amaist 8,700,000. Its caipital is Bujumbura. Awtho the kintra is landlocked, a muckle o the soothwastren border is nixt tae Loch Tanganyika.
Republic o Burundi | |
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 Location o Burundi (dark blue) – in Africae (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Bujumbura 3°30′S 30°00′E / 3.500°S 30.000°E |
| Offeecial leids | |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Demonym(s) | Burundian |
| Govrenment | Presidential republic |
| Évariste Ndayishimiye[1] | |
| Prosper Bazombanza | |
| Joseph Butore | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Senate | |
| Naitional Assemmly | |
| Status | |
| 1945–1962 | |
• Unthirldom frae Belgium | 1 Julie 1962 |
• Republic | 1 Julie 1966 |
| 28 Februar 2005 | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 27,834 km2 (10,747 sq mi)[2] (142nt) |
• Water (%) | 10[3] |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 10,524,117[4] (86t) |
• 2008 census | 8,053,574[2] |
• Density | 401.6/km2 (1,040.1/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $7.985 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $808[5] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $3.393 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $343[5] |
| Gini (2006) | 33[6] medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.404[7]law · 184th |
| Currency | Burundian franc (FBu) (BIF) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +257 |
| ISO 3166 code | BI |
| Internet TLD | .bi |
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The Twa, Tutsi, an Hutu fowks bed in Burundi fae whan the kintra's formation five yearhunner ago. Burundi wis ruled like a kinrick bi the Tutsi fur ower twa hunner years. Housomivver, at the stairt o the 20t yearhunner, Germany an Belgium teuk ower the region, an Burundi an Rwanda turnt intae a European colony kent as Ruanda-Urundi.
Poleetical unrest happent oothrou the region acause o social differences atween the Tutsi an Hutu, garrin a civil war in Burundi oothrou the mids o the 20t yearhunner. The nou, Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic. 62% o Burundians are Roman Catholic, 8-10% percent are Muslims an the lave follae indigenous beliefs an ither Christian denominations.
Burundi is ane o the ten poorest kintras in the warld. Burundi haes a law gross domestic product lairgely acause o ceevil wars, corruption, puir access tae education, an the effects o HIV/AIDS. Burundi is densely populatit, wi substantial emigration. Cobalt an copper are amang Burundi's naitural resources.
References
eedit- ↑ Burundi arrests leaders of attempted coup. CNN.com (15 Mey 2015). Retrieved on 29 Juin 2015.
- ↑ a b "Quelques données pour le Burundi" (in French). ISTEEBU. Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Annuaire statistique du Burundi (PDF) (Report) (in French). ISTEEBU. Julie 2015. p. 105. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 16 Apryle 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "Burundi". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 Januar 2015.
- ↑ "Gini Index, World Bank Estimate". World Development Indicators. The World Bank. Retrieved 13 Januar 2015.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
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