Burundi is situated in Central Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west.

By itself, it’s a small country in the great lakes regions in Africa. Though it’s landlocked, much of the western border is adjacent to the Lake Tanganyika.

It has its capital city as Bujumbura and has approximately a population of about 6.6 million
The city lies at the north eastern corner of Lake Tanganyika. And its Burundi’s largest administrative, communications and economic centre. It is still the country’s main port and ships most of the country’s export goods which include; coffee (main), cotton skins and tin ore. Burundi, experiences an equatorial type of climate and it lies on a rolling plateau.

The Country’s modern name is derived from Bantu language, Kirundi