Burundi is a small country located in the heart of Africa, in Central Africa where there is the second deepest lake of the world, lake Tanganyika. David Livingstone and Stanley two British and America explorers met on the shores of Lake Tanganyika where they left a stone to show that they met there. Burundi is bordered by Rwanda in the North, Democratic Republic of Congo in the West and Tanzania in the East. Burundi is landlocked. Therefore, Burundi relies on Air and Road transport essentially.
So, there is a need to develop the railway and naval transportation. Burundi has plants and flowers. There are plants which are considered cash crops like coffee and tea. Coffee grows in the North of Burundi, in the provinces of Kayanza and Ngozi as well as in the province of Bujumbura. Tea grows in the regional area called Mugamba in the mountains, in Ijenda, Teza and Tora. Ijenda is in Bujumbura, Teza in Muramvya and Tora in Matana former province of Bururi. These last three provinces Bujumbura, Muramvya and Bururi have had political leaders who have been rivals because of there provincial origins. The Royal headquarters of Burundi used to be in Muramvya and where moved to Bujumbura former Usumbura.
Bujumbura is the administrative capital city of Burundi where French is the administrative language. The languages spoken are kirundi and Swahili. Burundi became independent in nineteen sixty two. There have been two elections organized since that time. Burundi is populated by Hutu, Tutsi and Twa very representative of the ethnic groups in Africa. There are also populations from other parts of world and international population which work in organizations.
