nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
External Debt
$136,800,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6
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Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
2,780,400 km sq
27,830 km sq
Coastline
4,989 km
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Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
