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Capital: Bujumbura
Area: 27,834 sq km / 10,744 sq ml
Language: Kirundi, French
Currency: Burundi Franc
Population: 6,096,156
Life expectancy: 48 (men), 51 (women)
Literacy rate: 61%
Religions: Roman Catholic 62%, Pentecostalist 5%, animist
Physical features: Landlocked grassy highland straddling watershed of Nile and Congo rivers
Ethnic distribution: 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, 1% Pygmy the remainder European
Exports: Coffee, cotton, tea, nickel, hides, livestock, cigarettes, beer, soft drinks
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