rwanda

=Rwanda!*!*= By Vrinda Raniga

__Fast facts__
Capital City- Kigali Currency- Rwandan Franc Population- 8,128,553 Area-26,798km2 Languages- Kinyarwanda, French and English

__Location__
Rwanda is a small country located in east central of Africa. It is a bit more smaller then Maryland. It is bordering countries are Uganda to the north,Tanzania to the east and Burundi to the south. The capital is Kigali which is in the centre of the counrty. Rwanda is few degrees south of the equator.It is separated by the Democratic Rebulic of the Congo.

__Geographical Features__
Rwanda is covernd by grasslands and small farms with rugged mountains. Some of the mountains in Rwanda inlclude the Virunga Mountains which is in the nourthern border of Rwanda. Mount Karisimbi on the border which is between Rwanda. It is 4,507 meters. Mount Muhbura which is in the Virunga mountains and on the border of Rwanda. There are two rivers that are found in Rwanda are Ruzizi River which flows through Lake Kivu to the Lake Tanganyika. It 1,500 from the sea level. The Kagera River can also be called the Akagera river it is about 400km long.

__Climate__
Rwanda is an tropical country. The sun shines most of the time in Rwanda.It has 2 rainy seasons from Febuary to April and Novermber to January.The average temperature is 24 C to 27 C(76F). The maxuim night temperatures would be 10 C (50F).

__Economy__
Rwanda's economy is differnt. Th labor force is 4.6 million. Agriculture is 39.9%, industry is 20.3%, service is 39.7%. Agriculture includes coffee, tea, pyrethrum etc. Industry includes cement, agricultural products, small-scale. The export is $146 million and that includes export coffee, tea, hides, tin ore. The export partners are China, Germany and the United States of America. They import $436 million and that includes foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel. There import partners are Kenya, Germany, Uganda, Belgium. Their budget is $682.4 million and thier currency is Rwandan Franc.

__Government__
Rwanda official name is Repulic of Rwanda. Their independence day is on 1st July 1962. In the executive branch their cheif of state is Presdeint Paul Kagame since 22 Aprial 2000. The Prime Minster is Bernard Makuza since 8th March 2000. The cabinet is by the concil of minsters appointed by the Presdaint. The legslative branch. It is a bicamerl parliment. The senate has 26 seats 12 members from local, 8 appointed by the presdient, 4 potical organizations fourm, 2 represent institutions and the chamber of Deputies. Some of the potical parties they have include are Centrist Democratic Party or PDC, Democratic Popular Union of Rwanda or UDPR,and the Democratic Republican Movement or MDR. The legal system is on the German and the Belgian laws. The suffrage is 18 years universal.

History
The first people in Rwamda where the Bahutu famers and the Pygmy hunters 450 yrs ago. The Wastusi War a tribe had came with big horned cattle and they invaded from the north. The Bahutus couldn't defeat them so they all decided to serve a Watusi. In return the Watusi protected the servent and had allowed him/her to used their cow. In that way the Watusi dominated Rwanda till 1959. The Germans conquered that area which is now Rwanda and Burundi. They had ruled the area as German East Africa. The Belgiums had occupied that part of land which was then called Ruanda- Urundi during the 1916 in World War 1. The Germans had lost their African colonies after the World War. Ruanda- Urundi had become territory under the Belgian adminstration in 1919. In 1946 that area had become United Nations trusted territory. The Bahutu tribes then defeated the Watusi. The Watusi tribe had fled to the other neighboring counties. In 1962 Ruanda-Urundi had became to inderpendent countries on July 1 1962.