RWANDA

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


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
German East Africa (1885-1919)
Belgian mandate (1919-1946) and trust (1946-1962) territory Rwanda-Urundi
Rwandese Republic (since 1962)

Ethnic minorities



African Union

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