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Burundi

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

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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.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Burundi.

Provinces

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