The Republic of Burundi Africa

Burundi located in south east African region

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The Capita: Gitegal

Population 13,139,000 (2023)

Religion : Christianity

Urban:2020) 13.7% • Rural: 86.3%

Currency: Burundi franc (FBu)

Language: Kirundi, French, English

People - Ethnic Group

The Republic of Burundi is a landlocked country in East Africa’s African Great Lakes region, bordered to the north by Rwanda, to the east and south by Tanzania, and to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Burundi is a country located in the Albertine Rift, which is the western continuation of the East African Rift. The country is located in the centre of Africa on a rolling plateau. The Nile River’s sources are in Bururi province, and the Ruvyironza River connects Lake Victoria to its headwaters. Lake Victoria is also a significant water supply, serving as a fork to the Kagera River, while Lake Tanganyika is located in much of Burundi’s southwestern region.

As in Rwanda, the main ethnic groups are Tutsi and Hutu, with the Hutu being the overwhelming majority and the Tutsi comprising a sizable minority. Twa Pygmies and Swahili-speaking peoples from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the other groups. Because the two tribes have regularly intermarried throughout the years, common impressions of Tutsi as uniformly tall and graceful and Hutu as short and stocky do not suit the reality of physical diversity.

Burundi was claimed by the Germans as part of German East Africa beginning in 1890, but it was never occupied. It was captured from the surrounding Congo by Belgians during World War I, and after the war, it was awarded to Belgium as the League of Nations mandate (later the United Nations trust territory) of Ruanda-Urundi. Burundians began to press for independence after WWII, which was won in 1962.

Languages

Burundi’s religion is diverse, with Christianity being the dominant one. Catholicism is the country’s major Christian denomination. Burundi is a secular republic, and its constitution guarantees religious freedom.

Trade

The central bank of Burundi is the Banque de la République du Burundi, which issues the Burundi franc and controls the operations of national and foreign banks. Burundi faced a growing trade deficit and an increasing reliance on foreign aid beginning in the 1980s, which lasted into the twenty-first century. Burundi, on the other hand, profited from international debt forgiveness in 2005.

Burundi mostly imports food, capital goods, and petroleum items. Coffee and tea are the country’s principal exports. Export earnings are tiny on average (less than half the cost of imports), reflecting consistent growth in consumption and investment, as well as a dramatic decrease in the international price of coffee and growing import prices. China, India, Switzerland, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other African countries are major commercial partners.