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Burundi

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Burundi

Flag of Burundi

Official languages
Capital

Kujumbura
Area
Government
27,834 km²
Presidential republic
Population
Religion
11,178,921 (2015)
Christianity (91%), Islam (3%)
Time zone
Currency
UTC+2
Burundian franc
Demonym Burundian
Monarch Current
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Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a country in Africa and bounded by Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania. In 1972 and between 1993 and 1999, the ethnic violence between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes hundreds of thousands of refugee and causes and at least 250,000 dead. Although many refugees returned from the surrounding countries, the ongoing violence has many others just do flights.

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