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RWANDA

Capital
Kigali

Area
10,169 square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), bordering Burundi to the south, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) to the west across Lake Kivu, Uganda to the north and Tanzania to the east.

Language
French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili are spoken.

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MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050

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MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
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MAP: Global malaria 2008

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MAP: GLOBAL FEWS NET Food Security Outlook - October 2008 to March 2009

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Related links


  • allAfrica.com

  • Amnesty International
  • CrisisWeb

  • Fondation Hirondelle

  • Index on Africa

  • IRIN news service

  • Official Rwandan government web page

  • PBS website with chronology of U.S./U.N. actions in Rwanda

  • ReliefWeb

  • UNHCR

  • United States Institute of Peace Web Links

  • University of Pennsylvania resources

  • U.S. Committee for Refugees

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