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Capital:
Kigali
Area:
26,338 sq km / 10,173 sq ml
Language:
Kinyarwanda, French, Kiswahili
Currency:
Rwanda Franc
Population:
7,810,056
Life expectancy:
49 (men), 52 (women)
Literacy rate:
64%
Religions:
54% Roman Catholic, 23% animist, 12% Protestant, 9% Muslim
Physical features:
High savanna and hills, volcanic mountains in the north west, highest peak Mount Karisimbi 4,507 m / 14,792 ft
Ethnic distribution:
84% Hutu, most of remainder being Tutsis with Twa and Pygmy minorities
Exports:
Coffee, tea, pyrethrum, tin, cotton
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