Rwanda March 11, 2020 Africa , African Union , Belgium colony , CEEAC , Central Africa , colony , COMESA , Commonwealth , Commonwealth of Nations , Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est , conflicts , East Africa , Francophonie , genocide , gorilles , Great Lakes , Hutus , Kigali , Lac Kivu , landlocked country , Montagnes des Virunga , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Rift , Rwanda , Tutsis , Vallée du Grand Rift , volcano , wars , € Official name Republic of Rwanda Name in local language Repubulika y'u Rwanda (rw) ; République du Rwanda (fr) ; Republic of Rwanda (en) Continent Africa Subcontinent East Africa Population (ranking: 79e ) 12,089,721 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.37 % / year Area 26,338 km² Density 459.02 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 152e )9.509 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 773 $USD (2018) GDP growth 8.70 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 68.70 years (2018) Birth rate 31.89 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 4.20 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 7.05 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 32.00 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 85.03 % (2015) Official languages Kinyarwanda, French, English Currency Rwandan franc (RWF) HDI (ranking: 196e )0.536 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )43.68 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic (autoritarian) Head of State President Paul Kagame National Day 1st July (independence of 1962) ISO Codes RW, RWA Demonym Rwandan, Rwandese Tourists (ranking ) 932,000 people (2016)
Rwanda is a landlocked country located on the border between Central and East Africa. It is part of the Great Lakes region. Nicknamed the “country of a thousand hills”, it shares borders with Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, Burundi to the south, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Kigali.
Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Photo: Arthur Buliva Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Kigali 1,431,911 inhabitants Gisenyi 191,931 inhabitants Gitarama 157,880 inhabitants Ruhengeri 130,989 inhabitants Butare 117,459 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Est 2,595,703 inhabitants 9,813 km² Kigali (Ville) 1,132,686 inhabitants 730 km² Nord 1,726,370 inhabitants 3,293 km² Ouest 2,471,239 inhabitants 5,882 km² Sud 2,589,975 inhabitants 5,963 km²
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