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Additional information about Rwanda
Official country name: Republic of Rwanda
Short name: Rwanda
Local names (long and short forms): Republika y'u Rwanda / Rwanda
Former name: Ruanda, German East Africa
Abbreviation:
Notes:
Nationality noun / adjective: Rwandan(s) / Rwandan
Languages spoken: Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers. .
Capital: Kigali (GMT 2.0, summertime: )
Government type: republic; presidential, multiparty system
Population: 10186063 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 and the highest point is Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m. .
Coastline: Coastline km - landlocked. .
Land borders: Rwanda has a total of 893 km landborders, bordering to 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)
Dependent areas:
Independence: 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)