Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Bujumbura
Main Cities: Kitega
Population: 6,168,000
Area: 27,830 km2
Currency: 1 Burundi franc = 100 centimes
Languages: French, Kirundi
Religions: Roman Catholic
More about Burundi: a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop.: 7 068 000 (2004 est.). Area: 27 731 sq. km (10 707 sq. miles) Former name (until 1962): Urundi