Surface: 26.344 km
Population: 7.313.000 (respects 2001)
Density: 278 ab. / Kmē
Form of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Kigali (234.500 ab.)
Language: three official languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English
Religion: Catholic 60%, animist 25%, Protestant 14%, Moslem 1%
Hope of life: 41 years
Children for woman: 6
The Rwanda is sited in the centre of the African continent: its earth is fertile and well irrigated from rivers and lakes and is known as "Country from the thousand hills"[I1] [F1] [E1]
[S1]for its geographical position among two mountainous formations.
