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Republic of Burundi; Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 28 June 1967 (modified to current aspect ratio on 27 September 1982): Design: A white diagonal cross divided into four panels of red (top and bottom) and green (hoist-side and fly-side) with the white disk superimposed at the center of the cross bearing three red six-pointed stars with green outlines arranged in the ...
The capital city is Gitega and the largest city is Bujumbura. [15] ... Flag of the Kingdom of Burundi (1962–1966). Independence Square and monument in Bujumbura.
Second flag of the Republic of Burundi [8] 1966-1967: First flag of the Republic of Burundi [9] 1966: Second and last flag of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1962-1966: Second Royal standard of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1962-1966: First flag of the Kingdom of Burundi [10] 1962-1966: First flag of the Kingdom of Burundi (Drum variant) 1961-1962: Flag of ...
Gitega is the capital of Gitega Province, one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi.It is located in the center of the country, at roughly the same distance between the commercial capital, Bujumbura on Lake Tanganyika to the west, the Tanzanian border to the east—both at around 62 kilometres (39 mi)—and the Rwandan border, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) to the north.
Bujumbura (French pronunciation: [buʒumbuʁa]; Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [buʒuᵐbuɾa]), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital.
Map of Burundi Bujumbura, former capital of Burundi Gitega, current capital of Burundi. This is a list of cities and towns in Burundi.. Bubanza; Buhongo; Bujumbura (former capital) [1]
The Kingdom of Burundi was led by the mwami who presided over a large and powerful aristocracy. Before Burundi's colonization, the kingdom was highly decentralized; though this number fluctuated, on average there were 220 powerful noble lineages. [36] The regional elite often held wide independence under the nominal overlordship of the mwami. [6]
Burundi (/ b ə ˈ r ʊ n d i / ⓘ, /-ˈ r ʌ n-/), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Repubulika y’Uburundi, [1] [u.βu.ɾǔː.ndi]; Swahili: Jamuhuri ya Burundi; French: République du Burundi}}, or ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge.