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Burundi

 

Contents

Flag

Historical Flags

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

regional Flags
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Map

Numbers and Facts

History

Origin of the Country's Name



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag National flag Burundi
National flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4, Flags of the World



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Historical Flags

Flagge Fahne flag National flag Königreich Kingdom Burundi
1st of July in 1962 to 28th of November in 1966,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Die Welt der Flaggen




Flagge Fahne flag National flag Burundi
28th of November in 1966 to 28th of July in 1967,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flaggen und Wappen der Welt




Flagge Fahne flag National flag Burundi
28th of November in 1966 to 28th of July in 1967,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flaggen und Wappen der Welt




Flagge Fahne flag National flag Burundi
28th of July in 1967 to 27th of September in 1982,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flaggen und Wappen der Welt



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The Kingdom of Burundi became independent on the 1st of July in 1962. The in this context introduced flag is divided by a white diagonal cross into four fourth, to the left and to the right ever one green, above and below ever one red. The middle of the flag carryed a white disk with a drum (symbol for the Tutsi monarchy) and a millet plant thereupon. Green stands for the hope, red for the in the fight for independence shed blood, and white for the peace. The monarchy was unseated on the 28th of November in 1966, and was proclaimed the republic. After interim solutions the flag was changed into her today's form on 28th of July in 1967. The drum and the millet plant on the flag from 1962 got substituted by three red, green bordered, six-jagged stars. The three stars stand for the motto of the state "Unité, Travail, Progress" => "unity, work, progress", respectively for the three ethnic groups in the land, the Tutsi, Hutu and Twa. In 1982 the ratio of the flag sides was changed from 2:3 to 3:5. The colors given for the flags today are: red = pt 186, green = pt 361 and white.

Source: Flaggen und Wappen der Welt

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Burundi
since 1966,
Coat of arms of Burundi,
Source: Corel Draw 4


Wappen coat of arms Burundi
1962–1966,
Coat of arms of Burundi,
Source: Flags of the World

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Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The initial coat of arms from 1962 showed a red shield with a golden lion head, behind it four crossed spears, above the shield the Tutsi drum, and underneath in a ribbon the motto of the state: "Ganza Sabwa" => "govern rule". After the proclamation of the republic one of the spears and the drum got deleted , and the motto of the state was changed. The three spears refer to the three stars in the flag.

Source: Flaggen und Wappen der Welt, Wikipedia (D)

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Map

Location:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of the country:

Source: CIA World Factbook

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 10.747 square miles

Inhabitants: 11.466.756 (2018), thereof 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, 1% Twa

Religions: 62% Roman Catholic, 5% Protestant, 23% Animist, 10% Muslim

Density of Population: 1.067 inh./sq.mi.

Capital (from 2019): Gitega (Kitega), 41.944 inh. (2008)

Capital (to 2019): Bujumbura (to 1962 Usumbura), 497.166 inh. (2008)

official Languages: Kirundi, French

other Languages: Suaheli

Currency: 1 Burundi Franc (BIF, FBu) = 100 Centimes

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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History

16th cent. to 19th cent. · Tutsi Kingdoms

August 1884 · establish of the German protektorate

1st of July 1890 · formal annexation to German East Africa

1896 · regular German appropriation, establish of the colonial gouvernment

1914–1918 · First World War (1916 · Belgian and British troops conquer German East Africa, resistance of the German colonial forces until 14th of November 1918)

1919 · Rwanda and Urundi come under Belgian control

1920 · Treaty of Versailles, the German Empire loses all its colonies, German East Africa is divided between Belgium, Great Britain and Portugal – today's Burundi, together with the today's Rwanda becomes as "Rwanda-Urundi" a mandate of the League of Nations under Belgian mandate

20th of July 1922 · establishment of the Belgian mandate administration

1946 · the Mandate of the League of Nations becomes a UN trust territory under Belgian administration

21st of December 1961 · Belgium grants autonomy

1st of July in 1962 · independence

28th of November in 1966 · fall of the Tutsi monarchy

1976 · Tutsi coup

1987 · Tutsi coup

June 1993 · elections, victory of the Hutu, election of a Hutu president

October 1993 · assassination of the Hutu president

1993–1994 · civil war

1994 · election of a Hutu president

1996 · Tutsi coup

2000 · peace treaty of Arusha

Source: Wikipedia (D), World Statesmen

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Origin of the Country's Name

The name "Burundi" (actually Uburundi) means in the Kirundi language "fatherland". In colonial times was "Urundi" in use.

Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen, Volker Preuss

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