The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       temperate; warm; occasional frost in uplands

       Terrain:

       mostly rolling to hilly highland; some plains

       Natural resources:

       nickel, uranium, rare earth oxide, 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%; includes irrigated NEGL%

       Environment:

       soil exhaustion; soil erosion; deforestation

       Note:

       landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed

      :Burundi People

      Population:

       6,022,341 (July 1992), growth rate 3.2% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       46 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       14 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       106 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       51 years male, 55 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       6.8 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Burundian(s); adjective - Burundi

       Ethnic divisions:

       Africans - Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%; other

       Africans include about 70,000 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians;

       non-Africans include about 3,000 Europeans and 2,000 South Asians

       Religions:

       Christian about 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs

       32%, Muslim 1%

       Languages:

       Kirundi and French (official); Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the

       Bujumbura area)

       Literacy:

       50% (male 61%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       1,900,000 (1983 est.); agriculture 93.0%, government 4.0%, industry and

       commerce 1.5%, services 1.5%; 52% of population of working age (1985)

       Organized labor:

       sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB); by charter, membership is

       extended to all Burundi workers (informally); active membership figures NA

      :Burundi Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Burundi

       Type:

       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)

       Constitution:

       20 November 1981; suspended following the coup of 3 September 1987; a

       constitutional committee was charged with drafting a new constitution

       created in February 1991; a referendum on the new constitution scheduled for

       March 1992

       Legal system:

       based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 1 July (1962)

       Executive branch:

       president; chairman of the Central Committee of the National Party of Unity

       and Progress (UPRONA), prime minister

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) was dissolved following

       the coup of 3 September 1987; at an extraordinary party congress held from

       27 to 29 December 1990, the Central Committee of the National Party of Unity

       and Progress (UPRONA) replaced the Military Committee for National

       Salvation, and became the supreme governing body during the transition to

       constitutional government

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       Major Pierre BUYOYA, President (since 9 September 1987)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Adrien SIBOMANA (since 26 October 1988)

       Political parties and leaders:

       only party - National Party of Unity and Progress (UPRONA), Nicolas MAYUGI,

       secretary general; note - although Burundi is still officially a one-party

       state, at least four political parties were formed in 1991 in anticipation

       of proposed constitutional reform in 1992 - Burundi Democratic Front

       (FRODEBU), Organization of the People of Burundi (RPB), Socialist Party of

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