MAPS OF HISTORY

MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Burundi

ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES

Burundi, on the map of history

What was Burundi before it was Burundi? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.

Urundi (German East Africa) · The Great War, 1914–1918

NOV 1914The Central Powers — the opening position
APR 1917Entente-aligned & imperial territories

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Burundi · The Cold War, 1945–1991

OCT 1962Non-aligned & neutral — the opening position
OCT 1962Non-aligned & neutral

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Burundi · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994

1945Portuguese, Belgian, Spanish & Italian-ruled — the opening position
JUL 1962Independent Africa

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