Burundi 🇧🇮
Burundi is part of Africa with main city at
Bujumbura. Its Least Developed country with a
population of 10M people. The main currency is Burundi Franc. The languages
spoken are French and Kirundi. the Republic of Burundi is the formal name of Burundi It is adviced to Do not travel Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Least Developed 🌤️ ~20.49 °C 🌧 ~134.14 mm 👨👩👦👦 10M people
Advice
Weather ⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record Do not travel
We've reviewed our travel advice for Burundi. We haven't changed our level of advice: Do not travel to Burundi due to the high levels of violence and the significant threat of terrorist attack.
issued date: November 8, 2019
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General
🔌 Sockets
Burundi uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type E.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are French and Kirundi
💱 Currencies Used
Burundi uses the Burundian franc (symbol: Fr), code BIF.Banknotes come in denominations of 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000, 500 and 100 francs. Franc is subdivided into 100 centimes. Coins come in denominations of 50, 10, 5 and 1 francs.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are rare in Burundi. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Burundi is on average 3.6 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Burundi is low. It is not as easy to find one.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 57,709.05 BIF, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 2 telecoms: Econet or Tempo. Burundi uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Burundi upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call Burundi, dial +, then 257 (the country code for Burundi), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Burundi, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 22 .
🆘 Emergency
Police
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