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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  11.     <content>
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">BURUNDI</span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official names:</span><span class="style13"> La R├⌐publique du Burundi/Republika yΓÇÖUburundi (The Republic of Burundi)</span><span class="style42">Member of:</span><span class="style13"> UN, OAU</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">27834 km2 (10747 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">5600000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Bujumbura 227000 (1990 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">Kirundi (majority) and French ΓÇô both official; Kiswahili</span><span class="style42">Religion: </span><span class="style13">Roman Catholic (65%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">A President ΓÇô who appoints a Prime Minister and a Cabinet ΓÇô and an 81-member Assembly are elected by universal adult suffrage for four years.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Burundi is a high plateau, rising from Lake Tanganyika in the west to 2685 m / 8809 ft. </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">The lowlands are hot and humid. Temperatures are cooler in the mountains.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMIC ACTIVITY</span><span class="style13">Over 92% of the labor force is involved in agriculture, producing both subsistence crops and crops for export, such as coffee. The economy has been damaged by recurring tribal conflict. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Burundi franc.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Burundi was a kingdom in which the minority Tutsi people dominated the Hutu majority. Colonized by Germany in 1890, it was taken over by Belgium after World War I. Independence came in 1962, after much ethnic conflict. Following a military coup in 1966, a republic was established. The killing of the deposed king in 1972 led to a massacre of the Hutu. There have since been further coups and unrest, including a wave of ethnic murders following the assassination of the democratically elected (Hutu) president by (Tutsi) army officers in 1993. Tension between BurundiΓÇÖs Hutus and Tutsis increased after the massacre of Tutsis by Hutus in neighboring Rwanda (1994).</span></text>
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