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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Burundi 
 Main prefix
 9U 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Burundi          
 
 Burundi 

 Burundi - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Burundi          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below).
 
          Burundi          
 
 Burundi 
 Capital: 
Bujumbura
 Administrative
 divisions: 
18 provinces: Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rumonge, Rutana, and Ruyigi.
 Population: 
8,390,505 (July 2007 est.)
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
3° 30' S, 30° 00' E
 Area total: 
27,830 sq. km
 Land area: 
25,650 sq. km
 Water area: 
2,180 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
974 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Lake Tanganyika 772 m - Mount Heha 2,670 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.bi
 Currency: 
Burundi franc (BIF)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Burundi
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Burundi
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republika y'u Burundi
 Name - local
 short form: 
Burundi
 Former name: 
Urundi
 Independence: 
1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)
 Constitution: 
13 March 1992, provided for establishment of a plural political system, supplanted on 6 June 1998 by a Transitional Constitution which enlarged the National Assembly and created two vice presidents
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 1 July (1962)
 
          Burundi          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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