 Burundi
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
3 30 S, 30 00 E |
| 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 |
| Population |
8,390,505 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) |
| Imports |
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs |
| Exports |
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides |
| Hazards |
flooding, landslides, drought |
| Resources |
nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone |
| Geography |
landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile |
| Nationality |
noun: Burundian(s) adjective: Burundian |
| Capital |
name: Bujumbura geographic coordinates: 3 23 S, 29 22 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.bi |
| Internet Users |
25,000 (2005) |
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