- Official name
- Republic of Burundi République du Burundi · French
1 more name
Republika y'Uburundi · Kirundi - Capital
- Gitega
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 11 million
- Area
- 27,834 km²
- Currency
- Burundian franc (BIF)
- Neighbours
- DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
- Internet / phone
- .bi · +257
Where it is
Notable facts
- Burundi is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa.
- One of the sources of the Nile is claimed in southern Burundi.
- The royal drummers of Gitega perform a tradition recognised by UNESCO.
- Lake Tanganyika, on Burundi’s border, is the world’s second-deepest and second-largest freshwater lake by volume.