FACTS ABOUT RWANDA
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT RWANDA
1.
Rwanda is officially known as the “Republic
of Rwanda”
2.
Kigali is the capital city of Rwanda.
3.
The total population of Rwanda is 11,262,564.
4.
The natives of Rwanda are called Rwandans.
5.
The Rwandan franc (RWF) is official
currency of Rwanda.
6.
Rwanda shares a border with Uganda,
Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
7.
It is the 144th largest
country in the world in terms of land area.
8.
It is the 76th largest
country in the world in terms of population.
9.
Rwanda is also known as the Land of a
Thousand Hills because most of the country is covered by rolling, grassy hills.
10.
Rwanda has four official languages:
English, French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.
11.
Kigali is the capital and largest city
of Rwanda. It is near the nation’s geographic center. The city is Rwanda’s
economic, cultural, and transport hub.
12.
The landscape is reminiscent of a
tropical Switzerland. Its dominant feature is a chain of mountains of rugged
beauty that runs on a north-south axis and forms part of the Congo-Nile divide.
13.
The entire country is at a high
altitude: the lowest point is the Rusizi River at 950 meters (3,117 feet) above
sea level.
14.
Mount Karisimbi is an inactive volcano
in the Virunga Mountains It is the highest mountain in Rwanda rising to a
height of 4,507 meters (14,787 feet) above sea level.
15.
The network of protected areas in Rwanda
covers about 9% of the national territory. It is made up of 3 national parks,
plus other types of protected areas.
16.
The Nyungwe rainforest is located in
southwestern Rwanda. This rainforest is probably the best preserved montane
rainforest in Central Africa.
17.
Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to
have begun shortly after the last ice age.
18.
By the 16th century, the
inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms.
19.
The Kingdom of Rwanda dominated from the
mid-18th century, with the Tutsi kings conquering others militarily,
centralising power and later enacting anti-Hutu policies.
20.
Germany colonized Rwanda in 1884 as part
of German East Africa, followed by Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during the
First World War.
21.
Both European nations ruled through the
kings and perpetuated a pro-Tutsi policy.
22.
The Hutu population revolted in 1959.
They massacred numerous Tutsi and ultimately established an independent,
Hutu-dominated state in 1962.
23.
The Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front
launched a civil war in 1990. Social tensions erupted in the 1994 genocide, in
which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000 to 1.3 million Tutsi and
moderate Hutu. The RPF ended the genocide with a military victory.
24.
Civil war and genocide at that time left
Rwanda’s economy and social fabric in shambles. The years that followed have
been characterized by reconstruction and ethnic reconciliation.
25.
Rwanda is a rural country with about 90%
of the population engaged in (mainly subsistence) agriculture.
26.
It is the most densely populated country
in Africa; is landlocked; and has few natural resources and minimal industry.
27.
Lake Kivu, Lake Muhazi, Lake Ihema, Lake
Bulera, Lake Ruhondo and Lake Mugesera are the main water bodies in Rwanda.
28.
Rwanda is one of the smallest nations on
Earth with size of 26 338 square kilometers.
29.
Rwanda is the 4th smallest
country on the African Continent.
30.
Rwanda is only one of three countries in
Africa where you can visit Mountain Gorillas in the Wild.
31. Rwanda Exports: coffee, tea, hides and tin ore.
32. Rwanda Imports: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material.
33. The internet country code for Rwanda is .rw
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