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Guide to Burundi ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

Burundi is a country in Africa bordered by Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly a colony of Germany and Belgium. The official languages are French and Kirundi.[1]

Burundi Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Burundi.
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Provinces[edit | edit source]

Burundi is divided into 18 provinces:

  • Bubanza
  • Bujumbura Mairie
  • Bujumbura Rural
  • Bururi
  • Cankuzo
  • Cibitoke
  • Gitega
  • Karuzi
  • Kayanza
  • Kirundo
  • Makamba
  • Muramvya
  • Muyinga
  • Mwaro
  • Ngozi
  • Rumonge
  • Rutana
  • Ruyigi

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Burundi," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi, accessed 4 May 2016.