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A Look at Rwanda
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Fact Sheet
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Official name: Republic of
Rwanda
Capital: Kigali
National Day:
Independence Day, July 1st
Religions: Roman Catholic,
Islam, traditional African
Languages: English,
Kinyarwanda, French,
Swahili
Population: approximately 8
million
Geography
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Location: central Africa
Land area: 26, 340 sq.
km
Rainfall: rainy seasonsMarch through May and
October through
November
Average temperature:
24.6 to 27.6 degrees
Celsius
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Main bodies of water:
Lake Kivu, Lake Mukazi,
Lake Ihema, Lake Bulera,
Lake Ruhondo, Lake
Mugesera
Vegetation: ranges from
dense equatorial forest in
northwest of the country
to tropical savannah in
the east
Geography (Cont’d)
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Highest point: Karisimbi
volcano (4, 507 m)
Borders: Uganda to the
north, Tanzania to the
east, Burundi to the
south and the
Democratic Republic of
Congo to the west
Government
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Government type: republic, presidential, multiparty
system
Administrative divisions: 12 prefectures
Independence: July 1st, 1962 from Belgium
Constitution: established May 5, 1995; consists of
the constitution of June 18, 1999, the 1993 Arusha
Peace Accord, the July 1994 Declaration by the
Rwanda patriotic Front and the November multiparty
protocol
Legal system: based on German and Belgian civil
law systems and customary law
Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal adult
Government (Cont’d)
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Executive branch: president
(chief of state), prime
minister (head of
government) and cabinet
Legislative branch: the
Transitional National
Assembly
Judicial branch: Supreme
Court, communal and
appeals courts
Political parties: about ten
including the Centrist
Democratic party and the
Rwandan Patriotic Front
Economy
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GDP: $7.2 million (2001
est.)
Labor force: 3.6 million
Labor force-by
occupation: agriculture
90%
Budget: revenues$199.3 million,
expenditures-$445
million (2001 est.)
Economy (Cont’d)
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Industries: cement, agricultural products,
small-scale beverages, soap, furniture,
shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
Industrial production growth rate: 7% (2001
est.)
Agricultural products: coffee, tea, hides, tin
ore
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)