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Description flag of Burundi

divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and fly side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below)

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Official country name

Republic of Burundi

Short name

Burundi

Local names

Republique du Burundi/Republika y'u Burundi (long)
Burundi (short)

Former name

Urundi

Nationality

Burundian(s) (noun) Burundi (adjective)

Languages spoken

Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Capital

Bujumbura

Government type

republic

Population

8,691,005 ranked 92, (data 2008)

Geography

straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile. The lowest point is Lake Tanganyika 772 m.

Coastline

Coastline 0 km.

Land borders

974km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km.

Administrative divisions

17 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rurale, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi

Independence

1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)