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Burundi is one of the few countries in Africa, along with its neighbour Rwanda among others (such as Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini), to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial era African state. The early history of Burundi, and especially the role and nature of the country's three dominant ethnic groups, the Twa, Hutu and ...
Satellite image of Burundi Topography of Burundi Enlargeable, detailed map of Burundi State of Burundi Burundi is located in East Africa , to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , at the coordinates 3°30′S 30°0′E / 3.500°S 30.000°E / -3.500; 30
An enlargeable topographic map of Burundi. Geography of Burundi. Burundi is: a landlocked country; Location: Africa Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Africa. Central Africa; East Africa; Time zone: Central Africa Time ; Extreme points of Burundi High: Mount Heha 2,684 m (8,806 ft) Low: Lake Tanganyika 772 m (2,533 ft) Land boundaries ...
Burundi is densely populated and many young people emigrate in search of opportunities elsewhere. The World Happiness Report 2018 ranked the nation as the world's least happy with a rank of 156. [6] Burundi is a member of the African Union, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement
Map of Burundi Bujumbura, former capital of Burundi Gitega, current capital of Burundi. This is a list of cities and towns in Burundi.. Bubanza; Buhongo; Bujumbura (former capital) [1]
The Natural regions of Burundi (French: Régions naturelles du Burundi) are geographical subdivisions of Burundi that date to colonial times. They can be broadly grouped into the Plain zone in the west beside Lake Tanganyika and the East African Rift valley, the Congo-Nile ridge, the Central Plateaus and the Depressions to the north, east and ...
After the Berlin Conference in 1884-5, Burundi came under German colonial sphere and then in 1890, it formally became a part of German East Africa. Given an inter-dynastic struggle between the two groups of the Bezi and the Batare, Germany was able to exploit the monarchical conflict and access power by siding with the Bezi in promise of a ...
Map of Burundi showing the main rivers and tributeries. This list of rivers in Burundi is a partial list of the larger rivers, arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each parent stream's name. The coordinates given for each river are those of the mouth, if in Burundi, or of the last point in Burundi if the river flows into ...