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Rwanda is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates At 26,338 square kilometres (10,169 sq mi), Rwanda is the world's 149th-largest country. [ 2 ]
Rwanda is a small landlocked sovereign country located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. [1] Home to approximately 10.1 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, with most of the population engaged in subsistence ...
Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007, and has ratified a plan for monetary union amongst the seven member nations, [174] which could eventually lead to a common East African shilling. [175] Rwanda is a country of few natural resources, [132] and the economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture by local farmers using simple ...
Topix was an American Internet media company. Topix LLC, the controlling company, had its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. [1] Topix began as a news aggregator [2] which categorizes news stories by topic and geography. In the last few years, Topix changed its focus from aggregation and curation, to content creation.
City Population 1978 (census) [1] Population 1991 (census) [1] Population 2012 [1]Province; Kigali: 115,990 235,664 859,332 Kigali Gisenyi: 12,655 22,156 136,830 Western
Demographic features of the population of Rwanda include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. Rwanda's population density is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa at 500 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,300/sq mi). This country has few villages ...
The provinces of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: intara) are divided into districts (akarere) and municipalities (umujyi). Prior to January 1, 2006, Rwanda was composed of 12 provinces . The Rwandan government decided to establish new provinces in an attempt to address issues that arose from the Rwandan genocide .
The Virunga Mountains (also known as Mufumbiro [1]) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, in the area where Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Uganda meet. The mountain range is a branch of the Albertine Rift Mountains , which border the western branch of the East African Rift .