RWANDA Rwandese Republic

GEOGRAPHY:
• Location:----------------- Central Africa
• Area:
     Total area:--- 26,340 sq. km
     Land area:--- 24,950 sq. km
  
• Capital city:------------- Kigali
• Natural Resources:---------------- Gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower
  
  PEOPLE:
  
• Population:---------------- 7,956,172
• Literacy rate:-------------- 60.5% of total population, (Males:69.8%, Females:51.6%)
• Languages:------------------ Kinyarwanda (official), French (offcial), Kiswahili (swahili) used in commercial centers
• Religious:----------------- 65%-Roman Catholic, 9%-Protestant, 1%-Muslim, 25%-indigenous beliefs and other.
  
  VITAL STATISTICS:
  
• Birth rate:------------- 38.73 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
• Death rate:------------- 21.06 (per 1,000 population)
• Infant Mortality rate:------------ 118.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
• Fertility rate:--------------- 5.93 (per woman)
• Life Expectancy at birth:
     Total population:--- 39.11 (Males:38.64, Females:39.6)
  
  GOVERNMENT:
  
• Type of Government:-------------- Republic; presidential system
• Independence:-------------- July 1, 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)
• President:-------------- Pasteur Bizimungu
• Prime Minister:------------ Pierre Celestine Rwigema.
  
  ECONOMY:
  
• GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $3.8 billion (1995)
     GDP real growth rate:--- NA%
     GDP per capita:--- $400
  
• Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 22% (1995)
• National budget:
     Revenues:--- $NA
     Expenditures:--- $NA
  
• External Debt:-------------- $873 million
• Currency:--------------- 1 Rwandan franc = 100 centimes
• Labor force:--------------- 3.6 million (1995)
• Unemployment rate:---------------- NA%
• Agriculture:---------------- Coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
• Industries:--------------- Mining of cassiterite (tin ore), and wolframite (tungsten ore), tin, cement, agricultural processing, small-scale beverage production, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes.
• Exports:---------------- $51.2 billion
     Commodities:--- Coffee, tea, cassiterite, wolframite, pyrethrum.
• Imports:---------------- $237.3 million
     Commodities:--- Textiles, foodstuff, machines, and equipment, capital goods, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction.
  
  DEFENCE:
  
• Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $112.5 million, 7% of GDP

Geography:Rwanda is located in east centra Africa. It is surrounded by Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi
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