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Burundi Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Nestled in the heart of Africa, tiny Burundi is a land of rolling green hills and endless smiles. Surrounded by Tanzania to the East, Congo Kinshasa to the West, and Rwanda to the North, Burundi has suffered through years of civil strife but its people remain devoutly optimistic. The recent peace treaty signed by government and rebel forces will hopefully justify this optimism. Once a proud independent Kingdom, Burundi was first colonized by Germany in 1903. Following World War I , Burundi , then Urundi, was annexed by Belgium who held the country as an independent state until full independence was achieved in 1962. Decades of violence followed the country’s independence. Like its neighbor to the North, Rwanda , Burundi was flung into the chaos of ethnic strife with the assassination of its newly elected President in 1993. Calm returned somewhat in 1996 but sporadic violence has been the norm. The nearly four decades of near-constant violence has destroyed the country’s infrastructure, lead to large-scale deforestation and given the country the unenviable title as the poorest country in the world with a per capita GDP of $106. Despite these hardships the people of Burundi are amongst the most welcoming and sociable you’ll ever meet. The capital Bujumbura , nestled along the shores of Lake Tangyanika , is a great place (really the only place) to get your feet wet and enjoy what Burundi has to offer. Home to thousands of U.N. soldiers and countless more NGO and AID workers, Buja is a fantastic place to grab a Primus, enjoy the nightlife and engulf yourself in African hospitality. Outside of the capital, Burundi offers no more than the most basic necessities of life making tourism a dicey, if not outright dangerous proposition. Due to its sandwiched location at the heart of Central Africa , most Burundians speak Kirundi, French, English and Swahili. Travel infrastructure is largely non-existent with only a few hotels in Bujambura. Transport leaves regularly from the capital to neighboring Rwanda and the Tanzanian border. ________Practical Information Edit This Currency The local currency is the Burundi Franc (BIF) ________Economy Edit This Economy—overview: Burundi is a landlocked resource-poor country in an early stage of economic development. The economy is predominately agricultural with roughly 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture. Its economic health depends on the coffee crop which accounts for 80% of foreign exchange earnings. The ability to pay for imports therefore rests largely on the vagaries of the climate and the international coffee market. As part of its economic reform agenda launched in February 1991 with IMF and World Bank support Burundi is trying to diversify its agricultural exports attract foreign investment in industry and modernize government budgetary practices. Since October 1993 the nation has suffered from massive ethnic-based violence which has resulted in the death of perhaps 100 000 persons and the displacement of a million others. Foods medicines and electricity remain in short supply. An impoverished and disorganized government can hardly implement the needed reform programs. GDP: purchasing power parity—$4 billion (1997 est.) GDP—real growth rate: 4.4% (1997 est.) GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$660 (1997 est.) GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 56% industry: 18% services: 26% (1995 est.) Inflation rate—consumer price index: 26% (1996 est.) Labor force: total: 1.9 million by occupation: agriculture 93.0% government 4.0% industry and commerce 1.5% services 1.5% (1983 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $222 million expenditures: $258 million including capital expenditures of $92 million (1995 est.) Industries: light consumer goods such as blankets shoes soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity—capacity: 43 000 kW (1995) Electricity—production: 158 million kWh (1995) note: imports some electricity from Democratic Republic of the Congo Electricity—consumption per capita: 32 kWh (1995) Agriculture—products: coffee cotton tea corn sorghum sweet potatoes bananas manioc (tapioca); meat milk hides Exports: total value: $40 million (f.o.b. 1996) commodities: coffee 81% tea cotton hides partners: EU 60% US 7% Asia 1% Imports: total value: $127 million (c.i.f. 1996) commodities: capital goods 26% petroleum products foodstuffs consumer goods partners: EU 47% Asia 25% US 6% Debt—external: $1.1 billion (1995 est.) Economic aid: recipient: ODA $NA Currency: 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1—412.59 (January 1998) 352.35 (1997) 302.75 (1996) 249.76 (1995) 252.66 (1994) 242.78 (1993) Fiscal year: calendar year __________Health Before setting off, you might want to check the illnesses described below that occur here. The information is from the CDC and should be pretty accurate, but if you really think you have something, go see a doctor. If you're not sure where to find good medical attention, check with a the nearest international hotel, they are usually in the know (though the facilities they refer to might charge you a little bit more) AIDS [more] Cholera Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O-group 1 or O-group 139. The infection is often mild and self-limited or subclinical. Patients with severe cases respond dramatically to simple fluid- and electrolyte-replacement therapy. Infection is acquired primarily by ingesting contaminated water or food; person-to-person transmission is rare. [more] Malaria Malaria in humans is caused by one of five protozoan species of the genus Plasmodium: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, or P. malariae. All species are transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Occasionally, transmission occurs by blood transfusion or congenitally from mother to fetus. Although malaria can be a fatal disease, illness and death from malaria are largely preventable. [more] Rabies A dangerous and possible deadly disease, can be contracted from a wild animal to a human w/ a single bite. Please when visiting do not touch animals that do not seem tamed. [more] Sleeping Sickness [more] Tuberculosis [more] Typhoid A very stong course of anti-biotics will wipe it out. After getting typhoid I was very weak for at least 3 months after the anti-biotic course. There is a vaccine that is good for three years. If you consume a large dose of typhoid there is a good chance of getting it regardless of the vaccine. [more] YELLOW FEVER Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease. Illness ranges in severity from an influenza-like syndrome to severe hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever. Yellow fever is caused by a zoonotic virus that is maintained in nature by transmission between nonhuman primates and mosquito vectors. In some situations, humans may serve as the primary host in the transmission cycle (“urban yellow fever”). ___________People Edit This Population: 5 537 387 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (male 1 313 112; female 1 309 600) 15-64 years: 50% (male 1 331 336; female 1 417 228) 65 years and over: 3% (male 69 718; female 96 393) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 3.51% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 41.61 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 17.38 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: 10.84 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 101.19 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 45.56 years male: 43.79 years female: 47.38 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Burundian(s) adjective: Burundi Ethnic groups: Hutu (Bantu) 85% Tutsi (Hamitic) 14% Twa (Pygmy) 1% Europeans 3 000 South Asians 2 000 Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62% Protestant 5%) indigenous beliefs 32% Muslim 1% Languages: Kirundi (official) French (official) Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 35.3% male: 49.3% female: 22.5% (1995 est.) ::::::::::People Edit This Population: 5 537 387 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (male 1 313 112; female 1 309 600) 15-64 years: 50% (male 1 331 336; female 1 417 228) 65 years and over: 3% (male 69 718; female 96 393) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 3.51% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 41.61 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 17.38 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: 10.84 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 101.19 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 45.56 years male: 43.79 years female: 47.38 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Burundian(s) adjective: Burundi Ethnic groups: Hutu (Bantu) 85% Tutsi (Hamitic) 14% Twa (Pygmy) 1% Europeans 3 000 South Asians 2 000 Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62% Protestant 5%) indigenous beliefs 32% Muslim 1% Languages: Kirundi (official) French (official) Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 35.3% male: 49.3% female: 22.5% (1995 est.)