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Flag description: divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and fly side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below). .
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Additional information about Burundi
Official country name: Republic of Burundi
Short name: Burundi
Local names (long and short forms): Republique du Burundi/Republika y'u Burundi / Burundi
Former name: Urundi
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Nationality noun / adjective: Burundian(s) / Burundian
Languages spoken: Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area). .
Capital: Bujumbura (GMT 2.0, summertime: )
Government type: republic
Population: 8691005 ranked 92, (data 2008)
Geography: straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile. The lowest point is Lake Tanganyika 772 m and the highest point is Heha 2,670 m. .
Coastline: Coastline km - landlocked. .
Land borders: Burundi has a total of 974 km landborders, bordering to Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km. . .
Administrative divisions: 17 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rurale, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi
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Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)