Burundi

Burundi (pronounced ), offeecially the Republic o Burundi, is a landlocked kintra in the Great Lochs region o Eastren Africae mairchin wi Rwanda tae the north, Tanzanie tae the east an sooth, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the wast. Its size is juist unner 28,000 km² wi an estimatit population bein amaist 8,700,000. Its caipital is Bujumbura. Awtho the kintra is landlocked, a muckle o the soothwastren border is nixt tae Loch Tanganyika.

The Twa, Tutsi, an Hutu fowks bed in Burundi fae whan the kintra's formation five yearhunner ago. Burundi wis ruled like a kinrick bi the Tutsi fur ower twa hunner years. Housomivver, at the stairt o the 20t yearhunner, Germany an Belgium teuk ower the region, an Burundi an Rwanda turnt intae a European colony kent as Ruanda-Urundi.

Poleetical unrest happent oothrou the region acause o social differences atween the Tutsi an Hutu, garrin a civil war in Burundi oothrou the mids o the 20t yearhunner. The nou, Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic.  62% o Burundians are Roman Catholic, 8-10% percent are Muslims an the lave follae indigenous beliefs an ither Christian denominations.

Burundi is ane o the ten poorest kintras in the warld.  Burundi haes a law gross domestic product lairgely acause o ceevil wars, corruption, puir access tae education, an the effects o HIV/AIDS.  Burundi is densely populatit, wi substantial emigration. Cobalt an copper are amang Burundi's naitural resources.

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