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Rwanda Travel and Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Rwanda
Capital City
Kigali
Area
26,300 sq km
Population
8,600,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +2
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• Kinyarwanda (official)
Universal Bantu vernacular.
• English (official)
• French (official)
• Swahili (other)
Religion
Roman Catholic (56.5%), Protestant (26%), Adventist (11.1%), Muslim (4.6%), indigenous beliefs (0.1%), none (1.7%)
Government Type
Republic - Presidential, Multiparty System
Government Leaders
Paul Kagame
President (head of state)
Bernard Makuza
Prime Minister (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
250
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