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Rwandese Republic
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Capital: Kigali
Total Area: 10,169.16 sq mi,26,338.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Maryland)
Population: 7,312,756 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050: 8,905,995
Languages: Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
Literacy: 48% total, 52% male, 45% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 24%, Adventist 10.4%, Muslim 1.9%, indigenous beliefs and other 6.5% , none 4.5% (1996)
Life Expectancy: 38.35 male, 39.65 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic; presidential, multiparty system
Currency: 1 Rwandan franc (RF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita): $900 (2000 est.)
Industry: cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
Agriculture: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
Arable Land: 35%
Natural Resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land
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