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- Population: 8.6 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Kigali
- Area: 26,338 sq km (10,169 sq miles)
- Major languages: Kinyarwanda (official), French (official), English (official), Swahili
- Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs
- Life expectancy: 42 years (men), 45 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Rwandan franc = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
- GNI per capita: US $220 (World Bank, 2005)
- Internet domain: .rw
- International dialling code: +250
Environmental Threats
75.5 % of Rwanda is within the Nile basin. Main environmental threats include:
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Deforestation
- Erosion
- Flood/Drought
- Lake shore/River Bank
- Degradation
- Mining
- Pollution
- Refugee
- Sanitation
- Water Weeds
- Wetland Degrade
National days
- 1st Jan– New Years (Nouvel an / Umwaka mushya)
- 1st Feb – Heroes Day (Journée des Héros / Umunsi w’Intwri)
- 22nd Mar – World Water Day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga w’amazi)
- 7th April – Memory of Genocide (Mémoire du Génocide / Kwibukitsembabwoko);
- 14th April – Good Friday (Vendredi Saint / Uwagatanu mutagatifu);
- 16th – April Easter Sunday
- 1st May – Labour Day (Fête du Travail / Umunsi mukuru w’akazi); 22nd • World Biodiversity day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga w’urusobe rw’ibinyabuzima).
- 5th June – World Environment day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga • w’Ibidukikije);
- 17th June Combating of Desertification Day (Umunsi • mpuzamahanga wo kurwanya Ubutayu
- 1st July – Independence Day (Indépendence / Umunsi w’ubwigenge);
- 4th • July Liberation day (Journée de Libération / Umunsi wo kwibohoza)
- 15th Aug – Assumption Day (Assomption / Asomusiyo)
- 16th Sep – World Ozone layer day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga wo • kurengera akayunguruzo k’imirasire mibi y’izuba)
- 4th Dec World Mining Day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga w’Ubucukuzi);
- 11th World Mountain Day (Umunsi mpuzamahanga w’umusozi);
- 25th Dec – Christmas Day (Noel / Noheli);
- 26th Dec – Boxing Day (Lendemain de Noël / Umunsi ukurikira Noheli).
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