Rwanda

Guide to RWANDA

RWANDA which official name is Republic of Rwanda or Rwanda, is a country from Africa located at the Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo. RWANDA with 893 km sq km, limits with: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km; and is divided in 5 provinces . RWANDA's capital is Kigali which is the most populated city with about 745,526 inhabitants.

History of RWANDA

RWANDA's government is republic; presidential, multiparty system; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Paul Kagame as head of state and Prime Minister Bernard Makuza as head of government.

Other symbols of RWANDA are Rwandan motto " Unity, Work, Patriotism Rwandan anthem "Rwanda nziza Rwandan flag.Rwandan flag is composed by three horizontal bands of sky blue (top, double width), yellow, and green, with a golden sun with 24 rays near the fly end of the blue band .

RWANDA's history is quite long: In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. The children of these exiles later formed a rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and began a civil war in 1990. The war, along with several political and economic upheavals, exacerbated ethnic tensions, culminating in April 1994 in the genocide of roughly 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The Tutsi rebels defeated the Hutu regime and ended the killing in July 1994, but approximately 2 million Hutu refugees - many fearing Tutsi retribution - fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and the former Zaire. Since then, most of the refugees have returned to Rwanda, but several thousand remained in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (the former Zaire) and formed an extremist insurgency bent on retaking Rwanda, much as the RPF tried in 1990. Despite substantial international assistance and political reforms - including Rwanda's first local elections in March 1999 and its first post-genocide presidential and legislative elections in August and September 2003 - the country continues to struggle to boost investment and agricultural output, and ethnic reconciliation is complicated by the real and perceived Tutsi political dominance. Kigali's increasing centralization and intolerance of dissent, the nagging Hutu extremist insurgency across the border, and Rwandan involvement in two wars in recent years in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to hinder Rwanda's efforts to escape its bloody legacy.

RWANDAs geography

Guide to travel to RWANDA

If you are thinking on traveling to RWANDA, you will have to take in consideration some points like RWANDA's currency, RWANDA's weather, RWANDA's national holiday and RWANDA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. RWANDA`s currency is called franc ( RF), which is divided in 100 centimes

RWANDA's weather is characterized to be temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to RWANDA.

You can also consider to visit RWANDA on it's national holiday to get in RWANDA's culture. If you do so, RWANDA's national holiday is called Independence Day, 1 July.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of RWANDA: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m. And try also to get to RWANDA's lowest point: Rusizi River 950 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit RWANDA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to RWANDA, with more than 9 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to RWANDA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. RWANDA has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Rwandan Culture

RWANDA is known by Rwandans as Republika y'u Rwanda or Rwanda in the shortened way. Rwandan, about 9,907,509 people, are composed by different ethnics: Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%. And they also have different languages: French, English, Kinyarwanda.

Another relevant point nowadays it's RWANDA's religion. Rwandans are divided in Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001).

But if want to know more about RWANDA's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Rwandan novelists' books like Thérèse Muamini .

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