Burundi

The country calling code for Burundi is +257. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Burundi number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Burundi is assigned BI as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and BDI as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Burundi is .bi. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Burundi is the Burundian franc, with the ISO 4217 code BIF and the symbol Fr. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Burundi are quoted in BIF. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Burundi is +02:00, currently UTC+02:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Burundi is Gitega. Burundi sits in Africa, specifically the Eastern Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is -3.50000000, 30.00000000. Traffic in Burundi drives on the right. Languages recorded for Burundi: French, Kirundi.

Burundi shares a land border with 3 countries: Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Rwanda and Tanzania, United Republic of. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.