Burundi

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landlocked country sovereign state

Burundi is a small, landlocked country in East Africa known for its hilly terrain, location along Lake Tanganyika, and ethnically diverse population.

Aliases (2)

Barundi ×1
Kingdom of Burundi ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country → sovereign state →
AUMember	true →
borderCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo → Rwanda → Tanzania →
callingCode	+257 →
capital	Gitega →
climate	tropical highland climate →
colonialPower	Belgium → Germany →
continent	Africa →
currency	Burundian franc →
currencyCode	BIF →
demonym	Burundian →
drivesOn	right →
EACMember	true →
formerCapital	Bujumbura →
formerEntity	Ruanda-Urundi →
formerName	Kingdom of Burundi →
geographyFeature	hilly terrain →
governmentType	unitary presidential republic →
hasShoreOn	Lake Tanganyika →
headOfStateTitle	President of Burundi →
highestPoint	Mount Heha →
independenceDate	1962-07-01 →
independenceFrom	Belgium →
internetTLD	.bi →
landlocked	true →
legislature	Parliament of Burundi →
lowerHouse	National Assembly of Burundi →
majorCity	Bujumbura →
majorLake	Lake Tanganyika →
officialLanguage	English → French → Kirundi →
populationGroup	Hutu → Tutsi → Twa →
region	African Great Lakes region →
religion	Christianity → Islam → Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
subregion	East Africa →
timeZone	Central Africa Time →
UNMemberState	true →
upperHouse	Senate of Burundi →
utcOffset	+02:00 →

Referenced by (67)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Africa/Bujumbura → Council of Ministers of the East African Community → East African Legislative Assembly → Ha people → Kagera River → Lake Tanganyika → Nile Valley →	country
Kinyarwanda → Kirundi → Niger–Congo languages → Southern Nilotic languages → Swahili language →	spokenIn
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → East African Community → Economic Community of Central African States →	memberState
Kagera River → Lake Tanganyika → White Nile →	basinCountry
Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages →	areSpokenIn
Democratic Republic of the Congo → Lake Tanganyika →	border
Rwanda → Tanzania →	borderCountry
Kigoma Region → Lake Tanganyika shoreline →	bordersCountry
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
East Africa → Francophone Africa →	includesCountry
Kibondo → Uvinza →	nearBorderWith
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Secretariat of the East African Community →	appliesToJurisdiction
First Congo War →	belligerent
Kigoma →	borderingCountryAcrossLake
Kagera River →	borderWith
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Kirundi →	countryWhereNationalLanguage
Equatorial Lakes region →	crossesCountry
Ha people →	ethnicGroupIn
Kagera River →	flowsThrough
Nile →	flowsThroughCountry
Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa →	focusCountry
Burundi ("Kingdom of Burundi") →	formerName
Nile →	hasBasinCountry
Walloon diaspora →	hasDestinationCountry
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
East African Community →	hasMemberState
Kigoma →	hasNearbyBorder
Central Africa →	hasPart
East African Court of Justice →	jurisdictionOver
Second Congo War →	mainBelligerent
Belgian diaspora →	majorDestinationCountry
Nile Basin Initiative →	member
Ha people →	neighboringPresence
Central Africa Time →	observedInCountry
Swahili language →	officialLanguageOf
East African Rift →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Kirundi →	primaryCountry
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa →	servesCountry
Kagera River →	sourceRegion
Kirundi ("Barundi") →	usedByEthnicGroup
Central European Summer Time →	usedIn
East African shilling →	usedInFutureBy