Burundi
Formal name:
Republic of Burundi
Capital:
Bujumbura Climate:
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
Language:
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Population:
10,216,190 (July 2011 est.)
Currency:
Franc (BIF)
Telephone Code:
257
Internet Code:
.bi