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Sub Saharan Africa

Burundi
Last reviewed: 18 May 2011

Country information

Area: 27,834 sq km
Population: 8.3 million
Capital: Bujumbura (population approx. 300,000). Other cities - Cibitoke, Rumonge, Nyanza-Lac, Muyinga, Ngozi, Bubanza, Gitega.
Administrative subdivisions: 17 provinces including Bujumbura, 129 communes
Ethnicity: Hutu 85%, Tutsi 14%, Twa 1%. Language(s): Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and the Bujumbura area), English.
Religion(s): Christian 80% (Roman Catholic 65%-70%, Protestant 10%-15%, indigenous beliefs, Muslim less than 5%.
Currency: Burundi franc = 100 centimes
Head of State: President Pierre Nkurunziza (CNDD-FDD)
First Vice President: Terence Sinunguruza (UPRONA)
Second Vice President: Gervais Rufyikiri (CNDD-FDD) 
Minister for External Relations and Co-operation (MFA): Antoinette Batumubwira
Major political parties:
- National Council for the Defence of Democracy - Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD -FDD)
- Burundi Democratic Front (FRODEBU)
- Unity for National Progress (UPRONA)
- National Council for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-N)
- Union for Peace and Development (UPD)
- National Liberation Forces (FNL)
- Movement for Solidarity and Development (MSD).
Membership of International groupings: African Union (AU), UN, Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African community (EAC).

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See also

Useful links

• BBC News Country Profile: Burundi
• BBC News: Africa
• IMF Country Reports - Burundi
 

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