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Official country name
Republic of Rwanda
Short name
Rwanda
Local names
Republika y'u Rwanda (long)
Rwanda (short)
Rwanda (short)
Former name
Ruanda, German East Africa
Nationality
Rwandan(s) (noun) Rwanda (adjective)
Languages spoken
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
Capital
Kigali
Government type
republic; presidential, multiparty system
Population
10,186,063 ranked 81, (data 2008)
Geography
most of the country is savanna grassland with the population predominantly rural. The lowest point is Rusizi River 950 m.
Coastline
Coastline 0 km.
Land borders
893km, Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km.
Administrative divisions
4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)
Independence
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)