Burundi in other languages: Bujumbura, Gitega, flag and provinces
Burundi is Uburundi in Rundi, officially Repuburika y’Uburundi, and République du Burundi in French; its ISO codes are BI, BDI and 108. Below are the name in 165 languages and varieties, Bujumbura in 57, and the 18 provinces of ISO 3166-2 with the five provinces that replaced them in 2025.
Official languagesRundi (kiRundi), French (français) and English
Checked
- alpha-2
- BI
- alpha-3
- BDI
- numeric
- 108
Repuburika y’Uburundi
République du Burundi
- English
- BurundiRepublic of Burundi
- Capital
- GitegaGitega
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Rundi official name as in the constitution of 7 June 2018, capital and languages as in Wikipedia, Burundi. Flag geometry and colours after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Burundi in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Bambara, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Cornish, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Galician, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Latvian, Lingala, Ladin, Latgalian, Maltese, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Somali, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Võro, Zazaki | eng / afr / arg / ast / bam / bre / cat / ces / cor / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fra / frp / fur / glg / hrv / hsb / hun / ibo / ina / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lav / lin / lld / ltg / mlt / nah / nld / nor / nov / oci / pol / por / que / roh / ron / rup / scn / slk / slv / sme / som / sot / spa / sqi / srd / stq / swa / swe / tur / vor / zza | Burundi | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Moldovan, Turkmen | aze / crh / gag / kaa / mol / tuk | Burundi / Бурунди | Burundi |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Burundi | same as written |
| Haitian Creole, Walloon | hat / wln | Bouroundi | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Uburundi | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Samogitian | lit / smg | Burundis | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Burundi / Бурунди / بۆرۆندٖى | Burundi |
| Esperanto | epo | Burundo | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Bûrûndy | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Burundaidh | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Bhurúin / An Ḃurúin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Burundee | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Búrúndí | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Bûrûndî | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Burundia | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Boeroendi | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Borondia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Burundi / بوروندي | Burundi |
| Norman French | nrm | Bouroundie | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Burundi / बुरुन्दी | Burundi |
| Slovio | slo | Burundia / Бурундиа | Burundia |
| Samoan | smo | Paruneti | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Burundí | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Burundi / Бурунди / بۇرۇندى | Burundi |
| Vietnamese | vie | Bu-run-đi | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Rundiyän | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Buruundi | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / ava / bul / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Бурунди | Burundi |
| Bashkir, Chechen, Serbian | bak / che / srp | Бурунди / Burundi | Burundi |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | rue / ukr | Бурунді | Burundi |
| Belarusian | bel | Бурунды / Burundy, Бурундзі / Burundzi | Burundy, Burundzi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Бурунди / بۋرۋندي / Bwrwndï | Bwrwndï |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Бурунди / بۇرۇندى / Burundi | Burundi |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Бурунди / Bûrûndî | Bûrûndî |
| Tatar | tat | Бурунди / Burundi / بۇرۇندى | Burundi |
| Tajik | tgk | Бурунди / بوروندی / Burundi | Burundi |
| Arabic | ara | بوروندي, بورندي, بروندي, البوروندي, البورندي, البروندي | Būrūndī, Būrundī, Burūndī, al-Būrūndī, al-Būrundī, al-Burūndī |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بوروندی / Burundi | Burundi |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | بوروندی / Burundî | Burundî |
| Persian | fas | بوروندی / Burundi | Burundi |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | برنڈی | Burunḋī |
| Dari | prs | بورندی | Būrondī |
| Pashto | pus | برونډي, بورندي, بوروندي | Burūnḋī, Būrundī, Būrūndī |
| Uyghur | uig | بۇرۇندى / Burundi / Бурунди | Burundi |
| Urdu | urd | بورونڈی, برونڈی | Būrūnḋī, Burūnḋī |
| Dhivehi | div | ބުރުންޑީ | Burunḋī |
| Hebrew | heb | בורונדי | Būrūndī |
| Ladino | lad | בורונדי / Burundi | Burundi |
| Yiddish | yid | בורונדי | Burundi |
| Berber (Tifinagh) | ber | ⴱⵓⵔⵓⵏⴷⵉ / Burundi | Burundi |
| Amharic | amh | ቡሩንዲ | Burundi |
| Greek | ell | Μπουρούντι | Mpoyroýnti |
| Armenian | hye | Բուրունդի | Bouroundi |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ბურუნდი | Burundi |
| Laz | lzz | ბურუნდი / Burundi | Burundi |
| Hindi | hin | बुरुंडी, बुरुन्डी | Buruṃḍī, Burunḍī |
| Bengali | ben | বুরুন্ডি | Burunḍi |
| Gujarati | guj | બુરુન્ડી | Burunḍī |
| Oriya | ori | ବୁରୁନ୍ଦି | Burundi |
| Punjabi | pan | ਬੁਰੁੰਡੀ | Burũḍī |
| Sinhala | sin | බුරුන්ඩි | Burunḍi |
| Kannada | kan | ಬುರುಂಡಿ | Buruṃḍi |
| Malayalam | mal | ബുറുണ്ടി, ബറുണ്ടി | Buṟuṇṭi, Baṟuṇṭi |
| Tamil | tam | புருண்டி | Puruṇṭi |
| Telugu | tel | బురుండి | Buruṃḍi |
| Chinese | zho | 布隆迪 | Bùlōngdí |
| Japanese | jpn | ブルンジ | Burunji |
| Korean | kor | 부룬디 | Burundi |
| Tibetan | bod | བུ་རུན་ཌི། | Bu.run.ḍi |
| Burmese | mya | ဘူရွန်ဒီ | Bʰuẏũdi |
| Thai | tha | บุรุนดี | Burundī |
| Khmer | khm | ប៊ូរុនឌី | Būrundī |
Belarusian has two spellings, Бурунды and Бурундзі.
Uburundi and Burundi
In Rundi the country is Uburundi and its language kiRundi. French and nearly every other language use the shorter form without the initial U, Burundi; among the languages listed, only Kinyarwanda shares the Rundi form Uburundi.
Elsewhere the name changes mostly in its endings and vowels. Esperanto has Burundo, Latin Burundia, Malagasy Borondia and Norman French Bouroundie; Irish puts the article in front and mutates the first consonant, An Bhurúin. Volapük builds its form from the stem alone, Rundiyän. In Cyrillic the name is Бурунди, the form that Russian, Bulgarian and a dozen other languages share.
The political capital moved from Bujumbura to Gitega in 2019; Bujumbura remains the economic capital, and its own table is kept below. Its name is written Bužumbura in Latvian, Bużumbura in Polish and Budžumbura in Bosnian and Serbian, while Esperanto adds its noun ending, Buĵumburo.
Bujumbura in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Bujumbura | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Turkmen | aze / mol / tuk | Bujumbura / Бужумбура | Bujumbura |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Bujumbura | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Samogitian | lit / smg | Bužumbūra | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Buyumbura | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Budžumbura / Буџумбура / بۆجۆمبۆرا | Budžumbura |
| Esperanto | epo | Buĵumburo | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Bujumbura | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Bújúmbúra | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Bûjûmbûra | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Bužumbura | same as written |
| Ganda | lug | Bugumbura | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Bujumbura / بوجومبورا | Bujumbura |
| Polish | pol | Bużumbura | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Bujumbura / Бужумбура / بۇجۇمبۇرە | Bujumbura |
| Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / rus / ukr | Бужумбура | Bužumbura |
| Bashkir | bak | Бужумбура / Bujumbura | Bujumbura |
| Belarusian | bel | Бужумбура / Bužumbura | Bužumbura |
| Kazakh | kaz | Бужумбура / بۋجۋمبۋرا / Bwjwmbwra | Bwjwmbwra |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Бужумбура / بۇجۇمبۇرا / Bucumbura | Bucumbura |
| Mongolian | mon | Бужумбура | Buǰumbura |
| Serbian | srp | Буџумбура / Budžumbura | Budžumbura |
| Tatar | tat | Бужумбура / Bujumbura / بۇژۇمبۇرا | Bujumbura |
| Tajik | tgk | Бужумбура / بوژومبوره / Buƶumbura | Buƶumbura |
| Arabic | ara | بوجومبورا, بوجمبورا, بودجومبورا | Būǧūmbūrā, Būǧumbūrā, Būdǧūmbūrā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بوژومبورا / Bujumbura | Bujumbura |
| Persian | fas | بوجومبورا / Bujumburâ | Bujumburâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | بوجمبورا | Būjambūrā |
| Pashto | pus | بوژومبوره | Būžūmbūrâ |
| Uyghur | uig | بۇژۇمبۇرا / Buzhumbura / Бужумбура | Buzhumbura |
| Urdu | urd | بوجومبرا | Būjūmbarā |
| Hebrew | heb | בוג׳ומבורה | Būjūmbūrah |
| Yiddish | yid | בודזשומבורע | Budžumbure |
| Amharic | amh | ቡጁምቡራ | Bujumbura |
| Greek | ell | Μπουζουμπούρα, Μπουτζουμπούρα | Mpoyzoympoýra, Mpoytzoympoýra |
| Armenian | hye | Բուժումբուրա | Boužoumboura |
| Georgian | kat | ბუჟუმბურა, ბუჯუმბურა | Bužumbura, Buǰumbura |
| Hindi | hin | बुजुम्बुरा | Bujumburā |
| Bengali | ben | বুজুম্বুরা | Bujumburā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਬੂਜੂਮਬੂਰਾ | Būjūmbūrā |
| Kannada | kan | ಬುಜುಮ್ಬುರ | Bujumbura |
| Malayalam | mal | ബുജുംബുറ | Bujuṃbuṟa |
| Tamil | tam | புசும்புரா, புஜும்புரா | Pucumpurā, Pujumpurā |
| Telugu | tel | బుజుంబురా | Bujuṃburā |
| Chinese | zho | 布瓊布拉/布琼布拉 | Bùqióngbùlā |
| Japanese | jpn | ブジュンブラ | Bujunbura |
| Korean | kor | 부줌부라 | Bujumbura |
| Thai | tha | บูจุมบูรา | Būčumbūrā |
| Khmer | khm | ប៊ុយហ្សំប៊ុយរ៉ា, ប៊ូចាមប៊ូរ៉ា | Buyhsaṃbuyrā, Būčāmbūrā |
The 18 provinces of Burundi in ISO 3166-2 and the five provinces of 2025
ISO 3166-2:BI lists 18 provinces, the division that was in force from 2015 to 2025, with each name in Rundi (iProvense ya …) and French (Province de …). Since July 2025 the country has five provinces, Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera and Gitega; the change column names the one each old province now belongs to.
| ISO 3166-2 | Rundi | French | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces iprovense18 | |||||
| BI-BB | iProvense ya Bubanza | Province de Bubanza | Bubanza | Bubanza | 2025 Part of Bujumbura province since July 2025 |
| BI-BMwas BI-BJ | iProvense ya Bujumbura Mairie | Province de Bujumbura Mairie | Bujumbura Mairie | Bujumbura | 2025 Bujumbura province (BI-BJ) split in ISO 3166-2 in 2010. Part of Bujumbura province since July 2025 |
| BI-BLwas BI-BJ | iProvense ya Bujumbura Rural | Province de Bujumbura rural | Bujumbura Rural | Bujumbura | 2025 Bujumbura province (BI-BJ) split in ISO 3166-2 in 2010. Part of Bujumbura province since July 2025 |
| BI-BR | iProvense ya Bururi | Province de Bururi | Bururi | Bururi | 2025 Part of Burunga province since July 2025 |
| BI-CA | iProvense ya Cankuzo | Province de Cankuzo | Cankuzo | Cankuzo | 2025 Part of Buhumuza province since July 2025 |
| BI-CI | iProvense ya Cibitoke | Province de Cibitoke | Cibitoke | Cibitoke | 2025 Part of Bujumbura province since July 2025 |
| BI-GI | iProvense ya Gitega | Province de Gitega | Gitega | Gitega | 2025 Part of the new Gitega province since July 2025, except the zone of Mahwa, which went to Burunga |
| BI-KR | iProvense ya Karuzi | Province de Karuzi | Karuzi | Karuzi | 2025 Part of Gitega province since July 2025 |
| BI-KY | iProvense ya Kayanza | Province de Kayanza | Kayanza | Kayanza | 2025 Part of Butanyerera province since July 2025 |
| BI-KI | iProvense ya Kirundo | Province de Kirundo | Kirundo | Kirundo | 2025 Part of Butanyerera province since July 2025 |
| BI-MA | iProvense ya Makamba | Province de Makamba | Makamba | Makamba | 2025 Part of Burunga province since July 2025 |
| BI-MU | iProvense ya Muramvya | Province de Muramvya | Muramvya | Muramvya | 2025 Divided in July 2025 between Butanyerera, Gitega and Bujumbura |
| BI-MY | iProvense ya Muyinga | Province de Muyinga | Muyinga | Muyinga | 2025 Part of Buhumuza province since July 2025 |
| BI-MW | iProvense ya Mwaro | Province de Mwaro | Mwaro | Mwaro | 2025 Part of Gitega province since July 2025 |
| BI-NG | iProvense ya Ngozi | Province de Ngozi | Ngozi | Ngozi | 2025 Part of Butanyerera province since July 2025 |
| BI-RM | Rumonge | Rumonge | Rumonge | Rumonge | 2015 Created on 26 March 2015; divided in July 2025 between Bujumbura and Burunga |
| BI-RT | iProvense ya Rutana | Province de Rutana | Rutana | Rutana | 2025 Part of Burunga province since July 2025 |
| BI-RY | iProvense ya Ruyigi | Province de Ruyigi | Ruyigi | Ruyigi | 2025 Part of Buhumuza province since July 2025 |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:BI on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026; ISO added Rumonge (BI-RM) on 27 November 2015 and has not yet recorded the reform of 2025. Rumonge and the 2025 provinces: Wikipedia, Rumonge Province and Provinces of Burundi, citing the National Assembly of Burundi and the Burundi Times.
Questions about the names and provinces of Burundi
What is the capital of Burundi?
Gitega has been the political capital since 2019. Bujumbura, the former capital and largest city, is the economic capital.
What is Burundi called in Rundi?
Uburundi; the full name is Repuburika y’Uburundi. In French it is République du Burundi.
How many provinces does Burundi have?
Five since July 2025. ISO 3166-2 still lists the 18 provinces of 2015 to 2025, from BI-BB (Bubanza) to BI-RY (Ruyigi).