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Flag of Burundi

Burundi

Flag

Adopted: 1967

The flag features three horizontal stripes of red, white, and green with a white circle centered on the flag containing a red saltire and three green stars.

Flag fun fact: The three stars on Burundi's flag represent the three ethnic groups—Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa—living together in unity.

Colors

redwhitegreen

Design elements

stripescirclestar

Flag family: Pan-African

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Country context

Capital city: Gitega

East Africa · Africa

RwandaTanzaniaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Independent from Belgium · 1962

NoneBelgian

Presidential Republic

UNAfrican Union
Landlocked country

Currency

Burundian Franc (BIF) →

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