Rwanda

Rwanda Map

Landlocked 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km) in Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Rwanda has two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January) and frost and snow possible in the mountain areas.

7,398,074

Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%

Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

Kigali

Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)