BIFxxx Burundian Franc exchange rate Live chart (Burundi currency, code: BIF, symbol: FBu)

Burundi currency : Burundian Franc (ISO 4217 currency code: BIF, symbol: FBu) : 1 Burundian Franc (FBu) = 100 centimes. Official currency of Republic of Burundi (Republika y'Uburundi. République du Burundi), a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. The franc became the currency of Burundi in 1916, when Belgium occupied the former German colony and replaced the German East African rupie with the Belgian Congo franc. Burundi began issuing its own francs in 1964. Central bank is Bank of the Republic of Burundi (Banque de la République du Burundi : BRB).