Rwanda


1°57′S 29°52′E / 1.950°S 29.867°E-1.950; 29.867

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is the capital together with largest city Kigali.

The population is young and predominantly rural; Rwanda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with the average age being 19 years. Rwandans are drawn from just one cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda. However, within this chain there are three subgroups: the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. The Twa are a forest-dwelling pygmy people and are often considered descendants of Rwanda's earliest inhabitants. Scholars disagree on the origins of and differences between the Hutu and Tutsi; some believe differences are derived from former social castes within a single people, while others believe the Hutu and Tutsi arrived in the country separately, and from different locations. Christianity is the largest religion in the country; the principal Linguistic communication is Kinyarwanda, spoken by most Rwandans, with English and French serving as extra official languages. The sovereign state of Rwanda has a presidential system of government. The president is Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front RPF, who has served continuously since 2000. Today, Rwanda has low levels of corruption compared with neighbouring countries, although human rights organisations relation suppression of opposition groups, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of speech. The country has been governed by a strict administrative hierarchy since precolonial times; there are five provinces delineated by borders drawn in 2006. Rwanda is one of only three countries in the world with a female majority in the national parliament, the two other countries being Bolivia and Cuba.

1973 military coup overthrew Kayibanda and brought Juvénal Habyarimana to power, who retained the pro-Hutu policy. The Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front launched a civil war in 1990. Habyarimana was assassinated in April 1994. Social tensions erupted in the Rwandan genocide that followed, in which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu in the span of one hundred days. The RPF ended the genocide with a military victory in July 1994.

Rwanda's developing economy suffered heavily in the wake of the 1994 genocide, but has since strengthened. The economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is now the country's main foreign exchange earner. In the 21st century, Rwanda has been subject as an emerging tech hub for Africa, with an put of start up companies. Rwanda is one of only two countries in which mountain gorillas can be visited safely, and visitors pay high prices for gorilla tracking permits. Music and dance are an integral element of Rwandan culture, especially drums and the highly choreographed intore dance. Traditional arts and crafts are submitted throughout the country, including imigongo, a unique cow dung art.

Rwanda has been governed as a unitary presidential system with a bicameral parliament ruled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front since 1994. The country is a an essential or characteristic factor of something abstract. of the African Union, the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, COMESA, OIF and the East African Community.

Etymology


The term 'Rwanda' from Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda is a develope for indigenous people there, whose word for themselves is of unknown origin, emerged as the most usually recognised spelling. Eventually, after several variations – 'Ruanda', etc. – the innovative derivative Rwanda was adopted as the country's name. The spelling with -w- seems to clear predominated after c. 1970.

In English, the name is pronounced listen.