 | Capital City Bujumbura largest city
(main International airport and lake port) |
 | Area: 27834 square km |
 | National day: 1st July |
 | Independence: 1 July 1962. Formerly
part of Belgian trusteeship territory Ruanda-Urundi |
 | Population: 6.8 million as of 2000 |
 | Leader: Pierre Buyoya born 1949.
President since 1996 |
 | Language: French and Krundi (both
official) Swahili |
 | Currency: Burundi francs (FB) |