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Rwanda
Rwanda is a country in Eastern Africa with its capital in Kigali.
- Capital
- Kigali
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Population
- 14.1 million
- Languages
- English, French, Kinyarwanda
- Currency
- Rwandan franc (Fr)
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Borders
- 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇺🇬 Uganda
💡 Cleanest country in Africa; banned plastic bags in 2008; majority-female parliament.
About the flag
Adopted in 2001 partly to move away from symbols associated with the 1994 genocide, its golden sun stands for enlightenment and hope.
How to spot it: A wide blue top stripe with a golden sun on the right, above narrower yellow and green stripes.