Sub Saharan Africa

Rwanda
Last reviewed: 24 February 2012

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Area: 26,338 sq km
Population: 11,689,696 (2012 est.)
Capital City: Kigali - population: 909,000(2009)
Language(s): Kinyarwanda (official), English (official), French (official), Kiswahili used in commercial centres and by the Army.
Religion(s): Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7%
Currency: 1 Rwandan franc = 100 centimes
Head of State: President Paul Kagame (since 22 April 2000, elected December 2003, re-elected August 2010. Due to stand down in 2017, having served the maximum two terms)
Prime Minister: Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi (since 7 October 2011)
Foreign Minister: Louise Mushikiwabo
Major political parties: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF); Social Democratic Party (PSD); Liberal Party (PL); Centrist Democratic Party (PDC); Ideal Democratic Party (PDI); Rwandan Socialist Party (PSR) and Democratic Union of Rwandan People (UDPR); Congress Progressive Party (PPC), Solidarity and Progress Party (PSP), Social Party Imberakuri (PS - Imberakuri).