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Capital | Bujumbura |
Government | Republic |
Currency | Burundi franc (BIF) |
Area | total: 27,830 km2 water: 2,180 km2 land: 25,650 km2 |
Population | 8,090,068 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) |
Religion | Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10% |
Burundi is a small country in East Africa, although it has some cultural and geographical ties with Central Africa. It is surrounded by Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.