The Burundi is a country of Africa, in the Région of the Big lakes, is surrounded of the Democratic republic of Congo in the west, the Rwanda in north, and of the Tanzania in the east and the south.
History
See also: History of Burundi
Policy
See also: Political of Burundi
Burundi is a republic multi-partite with presidential regime where the President occupies the loads of Head of the State and chief of the government. The executive power is with the hands of the government while the two rooms of the Parliament (Senate and National Assembly) share the legislative power with the government.
National reconciliation
The March 14th 2006, the Minister Burundian for Justice, Clotilde Niragira, primarily announces the release of a last group of 1.864 political prisoners, of the Hutu S marked of massacres of Tutsi S, indicating that “the Charged commission to identify the political prisoners completed his work”. These new releases change to 3.299 the number of prisoners released since January within the framework of the policy of national reconciliation.
Subdivisions
See also: Subdivisions of Burundi
Burundi is divided into 17 provinces, 117 communes and 2 ' 638 hills. The capital, Bujumbura, are also the most populated city. The other important cities are Gitega, Muyinga, Ngozi and Ruyigi.
List provinces:
Geography
See also: Geography of Burundi
Located on a plate in the middle of Africa, Burundi enjoys an equatorial climate moderate by altitude (1 ' 700 meters on average in the center, low in periphery). The Mount Heha, in the south-east of Bujumbura, culminates with 2 ' 670 meters. A strip of land skirting the river Ruzizi, in the north of the Lake Tanganyika, is the only area whose altitude is lower than 1000 meters. This area belongs to the Rift Albertine, extreme western of the Vallée of the great rift. See also: Cities of Burundi
Economy
See also: Economy of Burundi
The economy of Burundi mainly rural, is based primarily on the Agriculture and the breeding. The agricultural production is distributed between the intended products with export, like the Café, the The and the Coton, and the Food crop.
The population depends with more than 90% of this agriculture, which represents more than 50% of GDP (800 M.US$ in 1999). Industry counted for 18% of GNP in 1999, and the services 32%.
The active population was multiplied by two between 1990 and 1999, passing from 2 million people to 4 million; a credit on two is a woman, and half of the active population has between 10 and 14 years.
Burundi is signatory of the International treaty on the phytogenetic resources for the food and agriculture.
Demography
See also: Demography of Burundi
Culture
See also: Culture of Burundi
Others
Population: 6.223.897 inhabitants (in 2001). 0-14 years: 46,82%; 15-64 years: 50,37%; + 65 years: 2,81%
Surface: 27.834 km ²
Density: 223 hab./km²
Land borders: 974 km (Tanzania 451 km; Rwanda 290 km; Democratic republic of Congo 233 km)
Littoral: 0 km
Ends of altitude: + 772 m > + 2.670 m
Life expectancy of the men: 45 years (in 2001)
Life expectancy of the women: 47 years (in 2001)
Growth rate of the population: 2,38% (in 2001)
Birth rate: 40,13 ‰ (in 2001)
Death rate: 16,36 ‰ (in 2001)
infantile Death rate: 70,74 ‰ (in 2001)
Fertility rate: 6,2 children/woman (in 2001)
Rate of migration: 0 ‰ (in 2001)
Independence: July 1st 1962 (old Belgian protectorate granted to them by UNO)
Telephone lines: 16.000 (in 1997)
Cellphones: 153.000 (2005)
Radios: 440.000 (in 1997)
Television stations: 25000 (in 1997)
Users of Internet: 2000 (in 2000)
Many suppliers of access Internet: 4 (in 2007)
Roads: 14.480 km (including 1028 tarred km) (in 1996)
Railways: 0 km
inland Waterways: 0 km
Many airports: 4 (including 1 with tarred tracks) (in 2000)
See too
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