Burundi

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	COUNTRY FACTS: BURUNDI
Name(official):	Republic of Burundi
Name(short):	Burundi
Capital City:	Bujumbura
Location:	East Central Africa, within the great lake region.
Coordinate:	3 30 S, 30 00 E
Independence:	(From Belgium) July 1st; 1962
President:	Pierre Nkurunziza
Type of Government:	Republic
Total Area:	27 830sq.km.
Population:	8 090 068 (July 2006 est.)
People:	Majority are Hutus and Tutsis, and a few Twa(Pygmy), Europeans, Asians.
Religion:	Christians 76%, indigenous beliefs 23%, muslims 10%.
Languages:	Kirundi and French (official), Swahili.
Literacy:	%total, %male, %female
Currency:	Burundi franc(1 Burundi franc =100 centimes)
GDP(per capita):	$739 (2003 est.)
Arable Land:	35.57% (2005 est.)
Agriculture:	Coffee, cotton, tea, beans, banana, sweet potatoes, manioc (tapioca) corn, sorghum, beans and rice
Natural resources:	Kaolin, bastnaesite, tin and colombo-tantalite, gold, uranium, cobalt, nickel deposits and platinum deposit not yet exploited
Embassy in Japan:
General Info:
International Phone Code:	+257

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Tourism:

MAJOR CITIES

Bujumbura, Gitega, Muyinga, Ngozi, Ruyigi

NEWS

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

17 provinces, Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirondo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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