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  Burundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bordered by Rwanda on the north, Tanzania on the south and east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west.
Burundi is a landlocked country with an equatorial climate.Called "The heart of Africa" it lies on a rolling plateau, with Lake Tanganyika in its south west corner.
The farthest headstream of the Nile is in Burundi.
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 Burundi - LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, FLORA AND FAUNA
Burundi was formerly divided into eight provinces, but a redistricting plan in 1982 increased the number to 15—which eventually expanded to 16—each under a military governor.
Insurance companies operating in Burundi include the Commercial Union of Insurance and Reinsurance (Union Commerciale d'Assurances et de Réassurances-UCAR), the partly state-owned Insurance Co. of Burundi (Société d'Assurances du Burundi-SOCABU), and a branch of the General Insurance of France.
Burundi is a member of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and, as a party to the Lomé Convention, receives preferential treatment by the European Union.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Burundi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.
Burundi is a landlocked country with an equatorial climate.
As of July 2004, Burundi had an estimated population of 6,231,221, approximately half of whom are aged 14 or less.
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 Burundi
Wedged between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda in east-central Africa, Burundi occupies a high plateau divided by several deep valleys.
Belgium won a League of Nations mandate in 1923, and subsequently Burundi, with Rwanda, was transferred to the status of a United Nations trust territory.
Burundi: Economy - Economy Burundi is one of the poorest, smallest, and most densely populated nations in Africa.
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 Burundi
Genocidal violence in Burundi: should international law prohibit domestic humanitarian intervention?(Conceptualizing Violence: Present......
Burundi Inching Closer to Ending Long Civil War.
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