Rwanda

Official name: Republic of Rwanda
Also known as: Repubulika y'u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda), République du Rwanda (French), Jamhuri ya Rwanda (Swahili)

Flag of Rwanda
Capital of Rwanda: Kigali
Area of Rwanda: 26,338 km² (10,169 mi²) (147th)
Population of Rwanda: 14,256,567 (77th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Central Africa
Languages of Rwanda: Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, French (official) <0.1%, English (official) <0.1%, Swahili/Kiswahili (official, used in commercial centers) <0.1%, more than one language, other 6.3%, unspecified 0.3% (2002 est.)
Religions of Rwanda: Roman Catholic 40%, Pentecostal 21%, Protestant 15%, Seventh-day Adventist 12%, Other Christian 4%, None 3%, Muslim 2%, Other 3% (2022 est.)
Ethnic groups in Rwanda: Hutu, TutsiTwa
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Time zone: UTC+2 (CAT)
Calling code: (+250)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations

Border countries (4): Burundi 315 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 221 km, Tanzania 222 km, Uganda 172 km.
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Administrative divisions of Rwanda
Rwanda Map

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).

Natural resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore),  columbite-tantalite (tantalum and niobium ore), methane, hydro-electric power, coffee, tea, arable land, green beans.