1985 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1985 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
major cash crops — coffee, cotton, tea; main food crops — manioc, yams, peas, corn, sorghum, bananas, haricot beans
Airfields
8 total, 7 usable; 1 with permanentsurface runways; 1 with runways 2,4403,659 m Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)
Area
60km Srr regional map VII Land 27,834 km2; the size of Maryland; about 37% arable (about 66% cultivated); 23% pasture; 10% scrub and forest; 30% other
Branches
- executive (President and Cabinet); judicial; legislature (National Assembly) reestablished in 1982
- Army (including naval and air units); paramilitary Gendarmerie
Budget
(1983) revenue $121.4 million, expenditure $146.4 million
Capital
Bujumbura
Civil air
1 major transport aircraft
Communists
no Communist party
Elections
new constitution approved by national referendum in November 1981; election to National Assembly held iu Octol>er 1982 Political parties and leaders: National Party of Unity and Progress (UPRON A), a Tutsi-led party, declared sole legitimate party in 1966; second national party congress held in 1984; Col. Jean-Baptiste Bagaza confirmed as party president for five-year term
Electric power
20,000 kW capacity (1984); 17 million kWh produced (1984), 3 kWh per capita
Ethnic divisions
Africans— 85% Hutu (Bantu), 14% Tutsi (Hamitic), 1% Twa (Pygmy); other Africans include around 7(),(XX) refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians; non-Africans include about 3,000 Europeans and 2,000 South Asians
Exports
$79 million (f.o.b., 1983); coffee (87%), tea, cotton, hides, skins
Fiscal year
calendar year Communications
GDP
about $1.12 billion (1983), $247 per capita; 3% real growth rate (1983)
Government leader
Col. Jean-Baptiste BAGAZA, President and Head of State (since 1976)
Highways
5,950 km total; 2,500 km gravel or laterite; 3,000 km improved or unimproved earth
Imports
$198 million (c.i.f., 1983); textiles, foodstuffs, transport equipment, petroleum products
Inland waterways
Lake Tanganyika navigable for lake steamers and barges; 1 lake port at Bujumbura
Lalwr force
about 1.9 million (1983); 93% agriculture, 4% government, 1.5% industry and commerce, 1.5% services
Land boundaries
974 km People
Language
Kirundi and French (official); Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Legal system
based on German and French civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Economy
Literacy
25%
Major industries
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports; public works construction; fcxxl processing
Member of
Af DB, EAMA, EGA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNE SCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1984, $32.8 million; about 18.6% of central government budget . Stoeng Tr«no SiSmre.b • BMdimbino iJ. Gulf at
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,091,000; 567,000 fit for military service; 53,000 reach military age (16) annually
Monetary conversion rate
120 Burundi francs=US$ 1 (October 1984)
National holiday
Independence Day, 1 July Major trade partners: US, EC countries
Nationality
noun — Burundian(s); adjective— Burundi
Official name
Republic of Burundi
Organized labor
sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB); by charter, membership is extended to all Burundi workers (informally); figures denoting "active membership" have been unobtainable Government
Political subdivisions
15 provinces, subdivided into arrondissements and communes according to a 1982 redistricting
Population
4,788,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate 2.6%
Railroads
none
Religion
about 67% Christian (62% Roman Catholic, 5% Protestant), 32% indigenous beliefs, alxnit 1% Muslim
Suffrage
universal adult
Telecommunications
sparse system of wire and low-capacity radio-relay links; about 6,000 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 2 FM, no TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite ground station Defense Forces
Type
republic; presidential system; previous military government overthrown in military coup in 1976