Burundi /b?'r?nd?/, officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Republika y'Uburundi,[5] [bu'?undi]; French: République du Burundi, [by'?yndi]), is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura. Although the country is landlocked, much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.