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Burundi travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Burundi: travel advice level, plug type C/E, 220V, emergency 112, currency BIF.

📷 Gitega · NIHEREWENIMANA Richard · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-05-21

Latest change (original, English)
Addition of information about a declaration of an Ebola outbreak in DRC on 15 May (‘Health page’).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalGitega
CurrencyBIF
LanguagesFrench, English, Kirundi
Calling code+257
Emergency numbers112 · 117 · 113
Plug typesType C, Type E
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population14M
Type CType E

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📷 Photos

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[Photo: Bob Copeland] Londt JGH (2019) A revision of Afrotropical Astochia Becke · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
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About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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