Kingdom of Burundi

Kingdom of Burundi
Ubwami bw'Urundi (Kirundi)
Koninkrijk Boeroendi (Dutch)
Royaume du Burundi (French)
Königreich Burundi (German)
c. 1680–1966
Motto: Imana, Umwami, Uburundi
Dieu, le Roi et le Burundi
"God, the King and Burundi"
Anthem: Burundi Bwacu (Kirundi)
Our Burundi
Territory of the Kingdom of Burundi in 1966.
Territory of the Kingdom of Burundi in 1966.
StatusIndependent state (1680–1890)
Part of German East Africa (1890–1916)
Part of Ruanda-Urundi (1916–1962)
Independent state (1962–1966)
CapitalGitega
Bujumbura
Common languages
Religion
Burundian traditional religion, Catholicism, Protestanism, Islam
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (1962–1966)
Mwami 
• c. 1680–1709
Ntare I (first)
• 1966
Ntare V (last)
Prime Minister 
• 1961
Joseph Cimpaye (first)
• 1966
Michel Micombero (last)
LegislatureParliament (from 1962)
Senate (from 1962)
National Assembly (from 1962)
History 
• Established
c. 1680
1 July 1890
• Formation of Ruanda-Urundi
20 July 1922
• Autonomy
21 December 1961
• Independence
1 July 1962
28 November 1966
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kitara Empire
Republic of Burundi
Today part ofBurundi

The Kingdom of Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs (with the title of mwami) ruled over both Hutus and Tutsis. Created in the 16th century, the kingdom was preserved under German and Belgian colonial rule in the late 19th and early 20th century and was an independent state between 1962 and 1966.