Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a comparatively high elevation, Rwanda …
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a comparatively high elevation, Rwanda has been given the sobriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. It is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km², it is the third-most densely populated country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kigali.
Official languages: Kinyarwanda · English · French · Swahili
Government: Unitary presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship
Legislature: Parliament
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Capital and largest city: Kigali
Calling code: +250
Ethnic groups (1994): 100% Banyarwanda · 85% Hutu · 14% Tutsi · 1% Twa
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