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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.
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.
Burundi is the poorest country in the world by nominal GDP per capita and is one of the least developed countries. It faces widespread poverty, corruption, instability, authoritarianism and illiteracy. The 2018 World Happiness Report ranked the country as the world's least happy with a rank of 156. [23]
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The airport was opened in 1952. [2] On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected.
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In November 2016, ambassadors from the European Union visited the market accompanied by the Mayor of Bujumbura to assess progress of construction. The modern market was being built on a 1,667 square metres (17,940 sq ft) site, with over 620 stalls and four hangars. It would have modern security, evacuation and fire protection systems.
Arrival at Bujumbura International Airport. Burundi possesses eight airports, of which one has paved runways, whose length exceeds 3,047m. Bujumbura International Airport is the country's primary airport and the country's only airport with a paved runway. There are also a number of helicopter landing strips.