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Flag
Description
divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and
bottom) and green panels (hoist side and fly side) with
a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red
six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular
design (one star above, two stars below); green symbolizes
hope and optimism, white purity and peace, and red the blood
shed in the struggle for independence; the three stars in
the disk represent the three major ethnic groups: Hutu,
Twa, Tutsi, as well as the three elements in the national
motto: unity, work, progress |
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country is different : You must know it |
Lake
Tanganyika is the world’s longest freshwater lake, the second-deepest
and the second-largest in volume.
Burundi
is largely poor and underdeveloped but Burundi participated
for the first time in the 1996 Olympic Games and won a gold
medal in the 5000m race.
Suffers
from severe malnutrition
Due
to overpopulation, unemployment and extreme poverty, the country
is heavily affected by sex trafficking and forced child labor.
Gustave,
the man-eating crocodile is believed to be the biggest crocodile
in the world (over 18 feet and 2,000 pounds). He lives in
the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika
and is believed to have killed more than 300 people.
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