History of Burundi

(English)

Burundi is one of the few countries in Africa, along with its closely linked neighbour Rwanda among others (such as Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland), to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial era African state.

(Ikirundi)

Irepuburika y’Uburundi (Urundi) ni igihugu kiri mu Bufirika bw’ubuseruko. Bukikujwe n'Urwanda mu buraruko; Tanzania mu buseruko hamwe n'Irepuburika iharanira idemokarasi ya Kongo RDC mu burengero. Ikiyaga Tanganyika kiri mu burengero bw’Uburundi kiri hafi y’umurwa mukuru Bujumbura kikaba ari ica kabiri kw’isi gifise munsi kure cane.

Izina ry’Igihugu: Irepuburika y’Uburundi

Umurwa mukuru: Bujumbura

Uburinganire: Ibirometero kwadarato 27.834 (incuro indwi izinga rya Mayoroka)

Abanyagihugu: 12.100.000 (2019) mur’iyi myaka mirongo itatu iheze igitigiri c’abantu caraduze incuro kabiri

Ukurundana: Abantu 435 ku kirometero kwadarato: Uburundi buri mu bihugu bifise abantu benshi mu Bufirika

Ukwikukira: Ku wa mbere Mukakaro 1962

Icitiro: Umurundi, Umurundikazi