e, tea, cotton, hides
Exports--partners: UK, Germany, Benelux, Switzerland (1997)
Imports: $102 million f.o.b., 1998)
Imports--commodities: capital goods, petroleum products,
foodstuffs, consumer goods
Imports--partners: Benelux, France, Germany, Japan (1997)
Debt--external: $1.1 billion (1995 est.)
Economic aid--recipient: $286.1 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1--508 (January 1999),
477.77 (1998), 352.35 (1997), 302.75 (1996), 249.76 (1995), 252.66
(1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 7,200 (1987 est.)
Telephone system: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 4,500 (1993 est.)
Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km
unpaved: 13,452 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: Lake Tanganyika
Ports and harbors: Bujumbura
Airports: 4 (1998 est.)
Airports--with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.)
Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)
Military
Military branches: Army (includes naval and air units),
paramilitary Gendarmerie
Military manpower--military age: 16 years of age
Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,260,909 (1999 est.)
Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 658,115 (1999 est.)
Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 73,271 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures--dollar figure: $25 million (1993)
Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.6% (1993)
Transnational Issues
Disputes--international: none
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Geography
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand,
between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic coordinates: 13 00 N, 105 00 E
Map references: Southeast Asia
Area:
total: 181,040 sq km
land: 176,520 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km
Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Land boundaries:
total: 2,572 km
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