The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ total: 974 km border countries: Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km, Zaire 233 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      International disputes: none

      Climate: temperate; warm; occasional frost in uplands; dry season

       from June to September

      Terrain: hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east,

       some plains

       lowest point: Lake Tanganyika 772 m

       highest point: Mount Heha 2,760 m

      Natural resources: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat,

       cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium

      Land use:

       arable land: 43%

       permanent crops: 8%

       meadows and pastures: 35%

       forest and woodland: 2%

       other: 12%

      Irrigated land: 720 sq km (1989 est.)

      Environment:

       current issues: soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the

       expansion of agriculture into marginal lands; deforestation (little

       forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for

       fuel); habitat loss threatens wildlife populations

       natural hazards: flooding, landslides

       international agreements: party to - Endangered Species; signed, but

       not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of

       the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban

      Geographic note: landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo

       watershed

      People———

      Population: 5,943,057 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 47% (male 1,404,375; female 1,398,228)

       15–64 years: 50% (male 1,454,545; female 1,527,644)

       65 years and over: 3% (male 62,955; female 95,310) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.54% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 43.02 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 15.15 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: −12.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

       note: in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of thousands

       of refugees have fled the civil strife between the Hutu and Tutsi

       factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zaire;

       the refugee flows are continuing in 1996 as the ethnic violence

       persists

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female

       all ages: 0.97 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 102.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.33 years male: 48.28 years female: 50.42 years (1996 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 6.55 children born/woman (1996 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Burundian(s)

       adjective: Burundi

      Ethnic divisions:

       Africans: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%

       non-Africans: Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000

      Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%),

       indigenous beliefs 32%, Muslim 1%

      Languages: Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along

       Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

      Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)

       total population: 35.3%

       male: 49.3%

       female: 22.5%

      Government—————

      Name of country:

       conventional long form: Republic of Burundi

       conventional short form: Burundi

       local long form: Republika y'u Burundi

       local short form: Burundi

      Data code: BY

      Type of government: republic

      Capital: Bujumbura

      Administrative divisions: 15 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura,

       Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo,

       Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi

      Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian

       administration)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 1 July (1962)

      Constitution: 13 March 1992; provides for establishment of a

       plural political system

      Legal system: based on German and Belgian civil codes and

       customary law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Sylvestre NTIBANTUNGANYA (acting president

       from 8 April 1994 to 30 September 1994, president since 1 СКАЧАТЬ