Burundi, formerly Urundi, part of Ruanda-Urundi

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Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is located in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. The 2009 estimated population is almost 8,700,000. Its capital is Bujumbura. The landlocked country southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.