布隆迪法郎

中繪一金色獅子頭，盾徽背後交叉豎着三把矛。下端的白色綬帶上用法文寫着“團結、勞動、進步”。

紅色象徵為爭取自由而鬥爭犧牲者的鮮血，綠色象徵所期望的進步事業，白色象徵和平存在人類中間。三顆星表示“團結、勞動、進步”，同時也表示布隆迪三個部族胡圖族、圖西族、特瓦族的團結。

國家名稱: 布隆迪共和國

國家中文簡稱: 布隆迪

國家英文名稱: The Republic of Burundi

所屬洲: 非洲

面積: 27834平方千米

首都: 布瓊布拉

首都英文名稱: Bujumbura

位於非洲中東部赤道南側的內陸國。

17世紀前，以放牧為生的圖西人到此，建立了封建國，對當地胡圖人進行統治。1890年成為德屬東非的一部分。一次大戰中由比利時接管。1922年成為比利時委任統治地。1946年聯合國通過決議，將布交由比利時“託管”。1962年7月1日宣佈獨立，成立布隆迪王國。1966年11月28日，成立布隆迪共和國。

The history of the Burundi franc

Burundi was a part of German East Africa from 1890 until the Belgians occupied it in 1916, Burundi became part of Belgian controlled trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi. Burundi became an autonomous territory in 1961, gained independence as an independent kingdom in 1962, and finally became a republic in 1966.

During German times, the German East African rupie circulated until 1916. After Belgium’s occupation of Burundi, the Belgian Congo franc circulated throughout Burundi. The Belgian territories of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi all used the same currency until 1960 when Congo left the currency union at which time the Banque d’Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi was established to issue banknotes. The Rwanda-Burundi franc was established at par with the Belgian franc. In 1964 the Banque du Royaume du Burundi was established and the new Kingdom of Burundi began issuing its own franc notes. In 1966 the role of issuing the national currency was taken over by the Banque de la Republique du Burundi, who has held that responsibility since.

The Burundi franc is divided into 100 centimes although since the currencies inception in 1964 no coin have been issued in centimes due to the low value. The currency’s ISO 4217 code is BIF, in Burundi prices are written using “FBu” after the amount i.e. 100 FBu is 100 francs.

Coins have been issued in denominations of 1, 5, and 10 FBu., although they are seldom if never used anymore due to their low value. Banknotes are currently issued in the following denominations, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 and 10 000 francs.