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  BURUNDI (In summary)

Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering Rwanda, Congo and Tanzania

Total Area:
27,830 sq. Km

Capital City:
Bujumbura

Population:

3,589,434 (as of 1978 Census)

Economic GDP Growth Rate:
4.5% (2008 est.)
3.6% (2007 est.)
5.1% (2006 est.)

Languages:
Kirundi, French
 


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MAIN DISTRIBUTE
EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
 
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, E,

TV Systems:
System:SECAM K1
DVD-Region: 5
 
Geography
Bordering countries:

Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 kmRwanda 290 kmTanzania 451 km

Location:
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Area:
total: 27,830 sq km
land: 25,650 sq km
water: 2,180 sq km

Climate:
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)

Terrain:
hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains

Economy
GDP:

$3.103 billion (2008 est.)
$2.969 billion (2007)
$2.866 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:
4.5% (2008 est.)
3.6% (2007 est.)

GDP per capital:
$400 (2008 est.)
$400 (2007 est.)
$400 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

Inflation rate:
12% (2008 est.)

Currency:
Burundi franc (BIF)

Exchange rates:
Burundi francs (BIF) per US dollar - 1,198 (2008 est.), 1,065 (2007), 1,030 (2006), 1,138 (2005), 1,100.91 (2004)

People
Population
:
8,988,091
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

Growth rate:
3.279% (2009 est.)

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)

Government
Capital:

name: Bujumbura

time difference:
UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence:
1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)


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