Rwanda

Interesting Facts About Rwanda

• Rwanda is the 21st most densely populated country in the world, with an average of about 578 people per square kilometre
• The country's geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna in the southeast, with several volcanoes forming part of the Virunga volcanic chain in the northwest
• Matoke (green bananas) occupy more than a third of the country's farmland and are a major staple crop
• Coffee and tea are Rwanda's major cash crops for export, benefiting from the country's high altitudes, steep slopes and volcanic soils, with more than 400,000 Rwandans making their living from coffee plantations
• Rwanda has a tropical highland climate with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year
• The capital, Kigali, is located at the centre of the country at 1,567 metres above sea level

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