Government
Burundi Government

Population
11,890,784
Latest population

Capital
Bujumbura (economic)
Gitega (political)

Independence Day
July 1 1962

Burundi National Anthem
Our Burundi

Our Burundi, gentle country,
Take your place in the concert of nations,
Acceding to independence with honourable intentions.
Wounded and bruised, you have remained master of yourself.

When the hour came, you arose,
Lifting yourself proudly into the ranks of free peoples.
Receive, then, the congratulations of the nations
And the homage of your sons and daughters.
May your name ring out through the universe.

Our Burundi, sacred heritage from our forefathers,
Recognized as worthy of self-government,
With your courage you also have a sense of honour.
Sing the glory of liberty conquered again.

Our Burundi, worthy of our tenderest love,
We vow to your noble service our hands and hearts and lives.
May God, who gave you to us, keep you for us to venerate,
Under the shield of unity,
In peace, joy and prosperity.
Source

Currency
Burundian Franc
BIF

Emergency numbers
Local numbers only

Languages
Kirundi 29.7%
French 0.3%
Swahili 0.2%
English 1%
Kirundi and French 8.4%
Kirundi, French and English 2.4%
Other language combinations 2%
Unspecified 56.9%

Burundi Political parties
National Council for the Defense of Democracy
Mouvement pour la Réhabilitation du Citoyen–Rurenzangemero, MRC–Rurenzangemero
Founded : 24 September 1994
Website : http://www.cndd-burundi.com/

Front for Democracy in Burundi
Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi
Founded : 1986
Website : None

Party for National Recovery
Parti pour le Redressement National, PARENA
Founded : 1994
Website : None

Union for National Progress
Union pour le Progrès national
Founded : January 1960
Website : https://web.archive.org/web/20041118065752/http://www.partiuprona.org/

National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy
Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie–Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie
Founded : 1994
Website : http://cndd-fdd.org

National Forces of Liberation
Forces nationales de libération
Founded 1980
Website : http://www.fnl-burundi.org/

Parties without parliamentary representation
Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PALIPEHUTU)
Burundo-African Alliance for Salvation (ABASA)
Green Party-Intwari (VERT-Intwari)
Independent Labor Party (PIT)
Liberal Alliance for Democracy (ALIDE)
Kaze-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (KAZE-FDD)
Liberal Party (PL)
National Alliance for Law and Economic Development (ANADDE)
National Liberation Forces-Icanzo (FNL-Icanzo)
National Liberation Front (FROLINA)
New Alliance for Democracy and Development in Burundi (NADDEBU)
Pan Africanist Socialist Movement-Inkinzo (MSP-Inkinzo)
Parliamentary Monarchist Party (PMP)
Party for a Non-Violent Society (SONOVI)
Party for Democracy and Reconciliation (PADER)
Party for Justice and Development (PAJUDE)
Party for National Concord-Abasangirajambo (PACONA-Abasangirajambo)
Party for Peace, Democracy, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction (PPDRR)
Party for the Economic Independence of Burundi (PIEBU)
Party for the Integral Renewal of Burundi-Intahemana (PARIBU-Intahemana)
Party for the Liberation of People-Agakiza (PALIPE-Agakiza)
Party for the Promotion of the Toiling Masses-Abanyamwete (PML-Abanyamwete)
Party for the Reconstruction of the Burundian Nation in Community Development (RUSANGI)
Party for the Restoration of Monarchy and Dialogue in Burundi (ABAHUZA)
People's Party (PP)
People's Reconciliation Party (PRP)
Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development (RADDES)
Rally for the People of Burundi (RPB)
Social Democratic Party-Dusabikanye (PSD-Dusabikanye)
Union for Peace and Development (UPD)

Religions
Roman Catholic 62.1%
Protestant 23.9%
Muslim 2.5%
Other 3.6%
Unspecified 7.9%

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