布隆迪法郎,
布隆迪共和国流通的货币。布隆迪法郎的简称为布郎。
内容简介
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国家介绍
国徽:
中绘一金色狮子头,盾徽背后交叉竖着三把矛。下端的白色绶带上用法文写着“团结、劳动、进步”。
国旗:
红色象征为争取自由而斗争牺牲者的鲜血,绿色象征所期望的进步事业,白色象征和平存在人类中间。三颗星表示“团结、劳动、进步”,同时也表示布隆迪三个部族胡图族、图西族、特瓦族的团结。
国家中文简称: 布隆迪
国家英文名称: The Republic of Burundi
所属洲: 非洲
面积: 27834平方千米
首都: 布琼布拉
首都英文名称: Bujumbura
【简况及历史】
位于非洲中东部赤道南侧的内陆国。
17世纪前,以放牧为生的图西人到此,建立了封建国,对当地胡图人进行统治。1890年成为德属东非的一部分。一次大战中由比利时接管。1922年成为比利时委任统治地。1946年联合国通过决议,将布交由比利时“托管”。1962年7月1日宣布独立,成立布隆迪王国。1966年11月28日,成立布隆迪共和国。
英文介绍
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.