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Republic of Rwanda Repubulika y'u Rwanda République du Rwanda | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Kigali 1°56′38″S 30°3′34″E / 1.94389°S 30.05944°E / -1.94389; 30.05944 |
Official languages | |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Rwandan, Rwandese |
Government | Unitary parliamentary democracy and Presidential republic |
Paul Kagame | |
Édouard Ngirente | |
Independence | |
• from Belgium | 1 July 1962 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (144th) |
• Water (%) | 5.3 |
Population | |
• 2012 estimate | 11,689,696 (73rd) |
• 2002 census | 8,162,715 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (29th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $13.109 billion |
• Per capita | $1,284 |
GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $6.055 billion |
• Per capita | $593 |
HDI (2018) | 0.536 low · 157th |
Currency | Rwandan franc (RWF) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (not observed) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | 250 |
ISO 3166 code | RW |
Internet TLD | .rw |
Rwanda is a country in Africa. It is near Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, and Tanzania. In the Rwandan genocide of 1994, over one million (1,000,000) people were killed.