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Capital: Kigali

Government: Republic; Presidential, Multiparty System

Current President: Paul Kagame

Economy:

• 90% of the population engaged in, mainly subsistence, agriculture and some mineral and agro-processing.
• Tourism, minerals, coffee and tea are Rwanda’s main sources of foreign exchange.

Population: 10.9 million (UN 2011)

Land Size: 26,338 sq km (10,169 sq miles)

Major Ethic Groups:

• Hutu (Bantu): 84%
• Tutsi (Hamitic): 15%
• Twa (Pygmy): 1%

Religions:

• Roman Catholic: 56.5%
• Protestant: 26%
• Adventist: 11.1%
• Muslim: 4.6%
• Indigenous beliefs: 0.1%
• None: 1.7%

Language(s):

• Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular)
• French (official)
• English (official)
• Kiswahili (Swahili, used in commercial centers)

Links:

• CIA World Fact Book: Rwanda
• U.S. Department of State: Rwanda
• BBC News: Rwanda
• Rwandan Embassy in the U.S.