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French language map of Ruanda-Urundi, c. 1929–1938 Both Rwanda and Burundi were assigned to the German Empire in the Berlin Conference of 1884–85. [9] Germany did not rule over the kingdoms themselves, but instead chose to rule indirectly through their monarchies, [6] making them the westernmost part of the German East Africa colony.
Direct contributions of travel and tourism industry to the country's GDP was 2.1% in 2013 and 2% in 2014. [4] According to World Bank data, the number of international tourists increased in the 2000s. In 2000, nearly 29,000 international tourists visited Burundi, the number increased to 148,000 in 2005.
Ruanda-Urundi (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃da uʁundi]), [a] later Rwanda-Burundi, was a geopolitical entity, once part of German East Africa, that was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I and was administered by Belgium under military occupation from 1916 to 1922.
Managed by the African Parks Organization, Akagera National Park is located in eastern Rwanda with 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) (one of Central Africa's largest protected wetlands) of mainly Savannah land. The park is named after the Kagera River that flows along Rwanda’s eastern boundary with Tanzania.
Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the Belgian colonial empire (light green), 1935. This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda-Urundi formed part of German East Africa until it was captured by Belgian forces during World ...
Burundi's colonization started in the early 19th century, which is later than most African countries. [3] First, German colonizers were assigned Rwanda and Burundi at the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885. [1] Belgians than took over the colony after the World War I. Both colonizers implemented Christianity and a new hierarchical order, by making ...
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