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'''Rwanda''' is a small country in east-central [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]], [[Burundi]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Its capital and largest city is Kigali. It has a population of approximately 9 million, and an area of 26,336 km<sup>2</sup>. In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of a major modern [[genocide]], when the ethnic group known as [[Hutu]] murdered as many as a million [[Tutsi]]. Then-President [[Bill Clinton]] and US Ambassador to the UN [[Madeleine Albright]] refused to take action to stop or slow the genocide.
{{Country
|name =''Repubulika y'u Rwanda<br/>République du Rwanda''
|map =Rwanda rel96.jpg
|flag =Flag of Rwanda.png
|arms =Arms of Rwanda.PNG
|capital =Kigali
|capital-raw =
|government =Republic
|government-raw =
|language =Kinyarwanda, French, English
|king =
|queen =
|monarch-raw =
|president =Paul Kagame
|president-raw =
|chancellor =
|chancellor-raw =
|pm =Bernard Makuza
|pm-raw =
|area =10,169 sq mi
|pop =8,648,248
|pop-basis =2005
|gdp =$11.24 billion
|gdp-year =2005
|gdp-pc =$1,300
|currency =Rwandan franc
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}}
The '''Republic of Rwanda''' is a small country in east-central [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]], [[Burundi]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Its capital and largest city is Kigali. It has a population of approximately 9 million, and an area of 26,336 km<sup>2</sup>. In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of a major modern [[genocide]], when the ethnic group known as [[Hutu]] murdered as many as a million [[Tutsi]]. Then-President [[Bill Clinton]] and US Ambassador to the UN [[Madeleine Albright]] refused to take action to stop or slow the genocide.
==Geography==
==Geography==