Burundian franc

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The Burundian franc is the official monetary unit of Burundi, used for all financial transactions and issued by the country's central bank.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Burundian franc canonical 3
franc burundais 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
category Currencies of Africa
Economy of Burundi
centralBank Bank of the Republic of Burundi
circulatesIn Burundi
country Burundi
currencyOf Burundi
denominationType banknotes
coins
hasCodeStandard ISO 4217
hasFunction medium of exchange
store of value
unit of account
hasInflationRisk yes
isManagedBy Bank of the Republic of Burundi
ISO4217Code BIF
isPartOf economy of Burundi
isPegged false
isRecognizedBy International Organization for Standardization
issuingAuthority Bank of the Republic of Burundi
isUsedFor cash transactions in Burundi
electronic payments in Burundi
isUsedSince 20th century
languageOfName French
Kirundi
legalStatus legal tender
legalTenderIn Burundi
monetaryAuthority Bank of the Republic of Burundi
monetaryPolicyAuthority Bank of the Republic of Burundi
monetarySystem Burundian monetary system
nameInFrench Burundian franc self-linksurface differs
surface form: franc burundais
nameInKirundi ifaranga ry’Uburundi
officialCurrencyOf Burundi
region East Africa
replaced Belgian Congo franc in Burundi
subunit centime
subunitToUnit 100 centimes
symbol FBu
usedBy businesses in Burundi
Government of Burundi
surface form: government of Burundi

residents of Burundi
usedFor all financial transactions in Burundi
domestic banking transactions in Burundi
payment of taxes in Burundi
pricing goods and services in Burundi

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burundi currency Burundian franc
East African shilling successorOf Burundian franc
Gitega currency Burundian franc
Burundian franc nameInFrench Burundian franc self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: franc burundais