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Features of Burundi* |
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Location: Central Africa, east of Zaire
Map references: Africa
People
Population: 5,943,057 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (male 1,404,375; female 1,398,228)
15-64 years: 50% (male 1,454,545; female 1,527,644)
65 years and over: 3% (male 62,955; female 95,310)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.54% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 102.2 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.33 years
male: 48.28 years
female: 50.42 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions:
\i Africans: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa
(Pygmy) 1%
non-Africans: Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%,
Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 32%, Muslim 1%
Languages: Kirundi (official), French (official),
Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 35.3%
male: 49.3%
female: 22.5%
Government
Country Abbreviation: BY
Type of government: republic
Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under
Belgian administration)
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 July (1962)
Constitution: 13 March 1992; provides for establishment
of a plural political system
Legal system: based on German and Belgian civil codes
and customary law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult
Other political or pressure groups: NA
International organization participation: ACCT, ACP,
AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat (nonsignatory user),
Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Severin NTAHOMVUKIYE
chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 342-2574
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Charles
YELLIN
embassy: Avenue des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura
mailing address: B. P. 1720, Bujumbura
telephone: [257] (2) 23454
FAX: [257] (2) 22926
Flag: divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels
(top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer 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)
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $4 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2.7% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $600 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 7,200 (1987 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 1
Televisions: 4,500 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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