Burundi

Burundi

Burundi ranks 158th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Laos, Barbados, and Republic of the Congo. Memorable people born in present day Burundi include Évariste Ndayishimiye, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Memorable people who died in Burundi include Mutara III Rudahigwa, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Louis Rwagasore. Burundi has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians.

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million people. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The political capital city is Gitega and the economic capital city is Bujumbura. Read more on Wikipedia