Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Burundi is located in central Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates.

Burundi occupies an area equal to in size, of which is land.

The terrain of Burundi is hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in the east.

Burundi has of land that is irrigated.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Burundi, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Politics of Burundi takes place in a framework of a transitional presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Burundi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

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, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector.

Although Burundi is potentially self-sufficient in food production, the ongoing civil war, overpopulation, and soil erosion have contributed to the contraction of the subsistence economy by 25 % in recent years.

Burundi is a net food importer, with food accounting for 17 % of imports in 1997.

The main cash crop of Burundi is coffee, which accounted for 78. 5 % of exports in 1997.

Burundi is one of the largest banana market in Africa.

Burundi is heavily dependent on bilateral and multilateral aid, with external debt totalling $ 1. 247 billion ( 1. 247 G $) in 1997.

The increase in IPv4 address space allocated to Burundi is sign of greater internet use

Régie Nationale des Postes is the company responsible for postal service in Burundi.

A great hindrance to Burundi ’ s economic development is lack of adequate transportation.

The country is landlocked, and there are currently no railways in Burundi.

Air service is maintained by Air Burundi, which operates domestic service and flies to Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The National Defence Force is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.

Burundi is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military ( as covered under Article 98 ).

Mainly or partially francophone or francosphere countries include France, Belgium ( Wallonia is almost entirely francophone, and there is a large French-speaking community in the Brussels-Capital Region and a few bordering municipalities ), Canada ( the province of Quebec is francophone, and there are large French-speaking communities in Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces ), United States ( South / Central Louisiana and parts of Maine ), Switzerland, Haiti, the French West Indies and several countries in Africa, including Congo, Burundi, Madagascar and Rwanda, that are former French or Belgian colonies.

* On 4 Dec 2000, flight from Brussels to Bujumbura, Burundi, en-route to Nairobi, Kenya, was struck by machine gun fire, as it approached Bujumbura, injuring a passenger and crew member.

In August 1986, he became a founding member and economic policy director of the Hutu-dominated Front for Democracy in Burundi party ( FRODEBU ).

* Bujumbura, Burundi – July 24, 1998 – One Italian World Food Programme ( WFP ) staff member killed in the capital.

Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family.

He appointed Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, a Hutu member of the Front for Democracy in Burundi ( FRODEBU ), as 1st vice-president.

An ethnic Hutu member of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy ( CNDD-FDD ), she replaced Jean Minani of the Front for Democracy in Burundi ( FRODEBU ), who had been National Assembly president since 2002.

Burundi and Rwanda dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru / Kanyaru and the Kagera / Nyabarongo rivers, which have changed course since the 1960s, when the boundary was delimited ; cross-border conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces persist in the Great Lakes region.

Burundi and Rwanda dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru / Kanyaru and the Kagera / Nyabarongo rivers, which have changed course since the 1960s, when the boundary was delimited ; cross-border conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces persist in the Great Lakes region.

Government officials in various countries, including Brazil, Burundi, Mexico, Mozambique, and Tuvalu have commended Jehovah's Witnesses for conducting literacy classes and for providing religious educational materials.

Since its inception, the University of Burundi, ( UB ) has decided to focus on training the various categories of personnel required by the civil service.

They came from the various countries to the east of Congo: Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania, bringing with them many of the ethnic rivalries that have inflamed recent conflicts.

Burundi, of which the international airport in Bujumbura ( as of 2005 ) was the country ’ s primary and only paved airport.

It was found by investigators from the Environmental Investigation Agency ( EIA ) that CITES sales of stockpiles from Singapore and Burundi ( 270 tonnes and 89. 5 tonnes respectively ) had created a system which increased the value of ivory on the international market, rewarded international smugglers and gave them the ability to control the trade and continue smuggling new ivory.

The central line between Kigoma and Dar es Salaam carries international freight and passengers in transit from Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda to the Indian Ocean, and the branch from Tabora to Mwanza carries freight and passengers between Uganda and the Indian Ocean.

For the next twelve years he directed the UN refugee agency through one of its most difficult periods, coordinating the international response to the 1971 Bangladesh crisis that uprooted people, the 1972 exodus of hundreds of thousands of Hutus from Burundi to Tanzania, and the Indochinese boat people tragedy of the mid-1970s.

On the international stage, Bongo cultivated an image as a peacemaker, playing a pivotal role in attempts to solve the crises in the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

" The port has been stimulated by the transformation of international business and trade, as well as the shipments of goods destined for Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo.

As of September 2009, Air Burundi operated scheduled international services to the following destinations:

Some have an international outreach, such as the Royal Drummers of Burundi, or L. Ndoricimpa and C. Guillet, who recorded Les tambours du Burundi ( The Drums of Burundi ) in 1983.

The international line-up of performers included Billy Cobham, the Master Drummers of Burundi, Chelemba, Joji Hirota, and the Taiko Drummers.