
| Name: | Rwanda (Rwandese Republic) |
| Local name (Nyarwanda): | Rwanda (Republika y'Urwanda) |
| Local name (French): | Rwanda (République Rwandaise) |
| Bordering countries: | Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 26.3 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 7 810 ths. |
| Capital: | Kigali |
| Official languages: | Nyarwanda, French |