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  RWANDA (In summary)

Location:

Eastern Africa, bordering Burundi, Congo, Uganda and Tanzania

Total Area:
26,798 sq. Km

Capital City:
Kigali

Population:

10,428,000 (as of April 2008 Census)

Economic GDP Growth Rate:
11.2% (2008 est.)
7.9% (2007 est.)
7.3% (2006 est.)

Languages:

Kinyarwanda, French, English
 
 

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MAIN DISTRIBUTE
EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
 
 

RWANDA (In detail)
 
  Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, J,
TV Systems:

System:SECAM K1
DVD-Region: 5
 
  Geography
Bordering countries:

Burundi 290 kmDemocratic Republic of the Congo 217 kmTanzania 217 kmUganda 169 km

Location:

Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo


Area:
total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

Climate:

temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

Terrain:
mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east

Economy
GDP:

$9.061 billion (2008 est.)
$8.429 billion (2007)
$7.952 billion (2006)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:

7.5% (2008 est.)
6% (2007 est.)

GDP per capita:

$900 (2008 est.)
$900 (2007 est.)
$800 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars
v Inflation rate: 9.5% (2008 est.)
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)

Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs (RWF) per US dollar - 550 (2008 est.), 585 (2007), 560 (2006), 610 (2005), 574.62 (2004)

People
Population:

10,473,282

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

Growth rate:
2.782% (2009 est.)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)

Languages:
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

Government
Capital:

name: Kigali

time difference:

UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence:
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)
 

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