Bujumbura is the capital of the Republic of Burundi.
Burundi is a tiny landlocked country in Central Africa with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda surrounding it.
Despite the cultural, territorial and administrative unity of the Burundi people, their recent history has been characterised by tribal wars between Hutu and Tutsi, the height of which was reached in 1993.
Burundi is a landlocked country with an equatorial climate.Called "The heart of Africa" it lies on a rolling plateau, with Lake Tanganyika in its south west corner.
The farthest headstream of the Nile is in Burundi.
As of July 2006, Burundi is projected to have an estimated population of 8,090,068, approximately half of whom are aged 14 or less.