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COUNTRY FACTS: RWANDA
Name(official): Republic of Rwanda
Name(short): Rwanda
Capital City: Kigali
Location: central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Coordinate: 2 00 S, 30 00E
Independence: (From Belgium administered UN trusteeship) July 1st; 1962.
President: Paul KAGAME (President),
Bernard MAKUZA (Prime Minister)
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 26 338sq.km.
Population: 8 648 248
People: Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa(Pygmoid) 1%
Religion: Christians 93%, Muslims 4.6%, indigenous belief 0.1%, none 1.7%
Languages: Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers.
Literacy: 70.4%total, 76.3%male, 64.7%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Rwandan franc(RWF)
GDP(per capita): 1 500 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 45.46%
Agriculture: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock.
Natural resources: Gold, cassiterite(tin ore), wolframite(tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
Chancery: Annex Fukazawa #A, 1-17-17, Fukazawa, Setagaya-ku.
Post Code:158-0081, Tel. 03-3703-0342
General Info:
International Phone Code: +250

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Ministry of Finance
  • Tourism: The major tourist attractions includes ....
    • The Parc National des Volcans -PNV, Northern Rwanda
    • Akagera National Park, Eastern Rwanda
    • Nyungwe National Park
    • Rwanda Tourist Board

MAJOR CITIES

kigali

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

12 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - prefigintara for singular and plural); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali Rurale, Kigali-ville, Umutara, Ruhengeri.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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