Rwanda+Nischke

♦    Rwanda     ♦ Location: 2°S 30°E

Rwanda is 9,630 sq miles. It also has 536 miles of   water.

Rwanda has mostly grassy uplands and hills. It also has mountains with altitude declining from West to East.
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Rwanda is bordered by many other countries but here just a few.

Rwanda is one of Africa's highest countries most of its terrain lying at elevations greater that 5,000 feet above sea level. On the border of Rwanda are the  Virunga Mountains. These are a chain of volcanoes in  East Africa.

HEI: In Rwanda they have a lot of diseases but a very common one is rabies. It is a viral disease of mammals usually transmitted the bite of an infected animal.

Most people are farmers. They usually grow their own food. Sometimes they sell their crops such as coffee and bananas.



Rwanda is known for genocide. Genocide means: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, usually those of a particular ethnic group or nation. From April to July 1994, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed. That is about 20° of the country's population. It was planned by the members of the Core Political Elite known as the Akazu.
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Rwanda grows a lot of bananas. They produce year round. The bananas produce in high fields throughout the year.
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