Rwanda

Rwanda. The republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the east-central Africa and home for ca. 10 million people.

Facts. Capital: Kigali. Population: 9,998,000. Official language: Kinyarwanda, French and English. Government: Republic. Area: 26,338 km2. Motto: Unity, Work, Patriotism. (Ubumwe, Umurimo, Igihugo)

Geography. Rwanda is a small country, more like half the size of Scotland and located near the center og Africa. Kigali, the capital, is located in the center of the country. Rwanda is bounded to Uganda in the north, Tanzania in the east, Burundi in the south and Ruzizi River in the west.  The most of Rwanda is covered by grassland and small farms extending over rolling hills, and areas of mountains. The land is known as “Land of a Thousand Hills”. Post-civil war. When the Tutsi took the control in Rwanda, Kagame, a political person and general in Rwanda installed a Hutu president. But when the president became critical of the Kagame government, he was removed as president, and Kagame took the place as president himself. Sins it was the Hutu who original were the people in Rwanda they didn`t like that the Tutsi were taking over, and wanted it back.