The geography wing
Practice Rwanda

No questions here on Civilizations, Historical flags, Turning points, Religion — nothing recorded for Rwanda.

Flag of Rwanda

Rwanda

RW / RWA   -2.0°, 30.0°

Read Rwanda on Wikipedia  ·  Recent news from Rwanda

You have not been asked about Rwanda yet.

People are called
Rwandan
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+250
Capital
Kigali
Population
14,569,341
Area
26,338 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Rwandan franc
Languages
Kinyarwanda 93.2%, French < 0.1%, English < 0.1%
Sells
gold, rare earth ores, coffee, tea
Sells to
UAE 66%, China 10%, USA 3%
Land borders
4: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+250
Founded
1962
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Rwandan

These are English demonyms for people from Rwanda. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

Practice demonyms around the world →

SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Rwanda yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

Explore the history of this land · Browse civilizations & empires

Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

Read the historical overview →

Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Rwanda in the study desk

Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Rwanda. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.

Geography 3

Follow Rwanda into the rabbit holes →

Choose your next rabbit hole

Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Kinyarwandaofficial
93.2%
French <official
0.1%
English <official
0.1%
0.1%

Largest cities

Kigali  capital 1,132,686
Gisenyi 172,357
Musanze 153,368
Nyagatare 100,000
Gitarama 87,613

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame President since 2000 Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000.
Juvenal Habyarimana
Juvenal Habyarimana President whose death triggered the genocide Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military dictator who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994.