Sunday, August 5, 2007

Burundi







I like to know about different cultures, Africa countries for example, they have a difficult life there, they work and try to improve their economy, they have slowly process.......... I like the children, they are lovely because they still have ideas, dreams, in order to reach to be some one......
Burundi its the country that i am going to write, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the great lakes region of Africa, with an area of
27,830 km² and a population of 7`548.000; the country has the next limits : Rwanda on the north, Tanzania on the south and east, and the Democratic Republic of the congo on the west. The country is landlocked. The country's modern name is derived from (Bantu language, Kirundi).
Geographically isolated, the country does have many resources, Burundi has the lowest per capita in the world, arguably making it the poorest country on the planet, It is also one of the most conflict countries in Africa and in the world. .
The largest religion is Roman Catholicism (62%), followed by indigenous beliefs (23%) and a minority of Protestants (5%) and Muslims (10%).
The official languages are Kirundi and French, although Swahili is spoken along the eastern border.
Burundi has been producing agriculture, such as: coffe cotton, tea, maize, sweet potatoes,
bananas; but there is not enough because the economy is supported by foreign aid from Western Europe and other parts of the world. According to the news the majority of children suffer from chronic malnutrition.

1 comment:

Maria Cecilia said...

I have not heard about Burundi. It is really sad how people live there. Those are places without enough development sources to improve their life style. People suffer chronic malnutrition so education is no longer important. That is why every country of Africa has the highest number of AIDS infected people of the world.