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Rwanda is located in Central/Eastern Africa, and is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, and Burundi to the south. [73] It lies a few degrees south of the equator and is landlocked. [133] The capital, Kigali, is located near the centre of Rwanda. [134]
Rwanda is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates . At 26,338 square kilometres (10,169 sq mi), Rwanda is the world's 149th-largest country. [2] It is comparable in size to Haiti or the state of Massachusetts in the United States.
Rwanda is a small landlocked sovereign country located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. [1] Home to approximately 10.1 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, with most of the population engaged in subsistence ...
The view across Kigali in Rwanda at night Suburbs on the slopes of Mount Kigali. Kigali is located in the centre of Rwanda, at 1°57′S 30°4′E. [69] Like the rest of Rwanda it uses Central Africa Time, and is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+02:00) throughout the year. [70]
The elevation of the mountains west of the lake (which is currently the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, one of the largest reserves of eastern lowland (or Grauer's) gorillas in the world), combined with the elevation of the eastern rift (located in eastern Rwanda) would be responsible for the drainage of water from central Rwanda in the actual Lake ...
Musanze is Rwanda's most mountainous district, containing the largest part of the Volcanoes National Park, and its head office at Kinigi.Five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga chain (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura) are within the district boundaries.
Southern Province (Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Amajyepfo; French: Province du Sud; Dutch: Zuidelijke Provincie) is one of Rwanda's five provinces.It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.
Nyanza is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Republic of Rwanda.Its capital is Nyanza town, which is also the provincial capital. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning lake, which probably refers to the small body of water created by a dam to the west of Nyanza town and sometimes referred to by the local residents as “Ikiyaga” or lake. which probably refers to a large lake to the west of ...