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Rwanda is a beautiful , clean country . Its weather is wonderful, with many lakes and beautiful landscapes. Wherever you go you feel safe .
known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, is a landlocked country located in the Great Lakes region of eastern-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Although close to the equator, the country has a cool temperate climate due to its high elevation. The terrain consists mostly of grassy uplands and gently rolling hills. Abundant wildlife, including rare mountain gorillas, have resulted in tourism becoming one of the biggest sectors of the country's economy.
Rwanda has received considerable international attention due to its 1994 genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed. Since then the country has made a recovery and is now considered as a model for developing countries. In 2009 a CNN report labeled Rwanda as Africa's biggest success story, having achieved stability, economic growth (average income has tripled in the past ten years) and international integration.The government is widely seen as one of the more efficient and honest ones in Africa. Fortune magazine published an article recently titled "Why CEOs Love Rwanda." The capital, Kigali, is the first city in Africa to be bestowed with the Habitat Scroll of Honor Award in the recognition of its "cleanliness, security and urban conservation model." In 2008, Rwanda became the first country to elect a national legislature in which a majority of members were women. Rwanda is, as of November 2009, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, making the country one of only two in the Commonwealth without a British colonial past.
History
Please go to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rwanda
Geography
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Rwanda
Other info
Oficial Name:
Republika y'u Rwanda
Independence:
July 1, 1962
Area:
26.338 km2
Inhabitants:
7.500.000
Languages:
English [eng] 300 in Rwanda (2004). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
More information.
French [fra] 2,300 in Rwanda (2004). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
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Rwanda [kin] 6,491,700 in Rwanda (1998). Population total all countries: 7,275,292. Also spoken in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda. Alternate names: Ruanda, Kinyarwanda, Ikinyarwanda, Orunyarwanda, Urunyaruanda. Dialects: Igikiga (Kiga, Tshiga), Bufumbwa, Hutu (Lera, Ululera, Hera, Ndara, Shobyo, Tshogo, Ndogo), Rutwa (Twa). Intelligible with Rundi. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Rwanda-Rundi (J.60)
Capital city:
Kigali
Meaning country name:
From the name of the people Vanyaruanda, a word of unknown origin, but obviously cognate to the name of Rwanda. Also known fondly as "Land of a Thousand Hills" (Pays des milles collines).
Description Flag:
The new flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001.
The flag has four colours: blue, green, and two forms of yellow (standard yellow for the middle band and what the Pantone system calls "sun yellow" for the sun); the difference between the two yellows is barely noticeable.
The blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The sun represents enlightenment.
The flag was designed by Alphonse Kirimobenecyo
Coat of arms:
The current Coat of arms of Rwanda was restyled in 2001 to match the color scheme of the new national flag. The text reads "Republic of Rwanda-Unity, Work, Patriotism" in Kinyarwanda. The central tribal devices are surmounted on a cog wheel and encircled by a square knot.
The previous arms dated from the 1960s-the colors green, yellow and red represented peace; the nation's hope for future development; and the people. The arms and the flag itself were changed because they had become associated with the brutality of the Rwandan Genocide.
Motto:
" Ubumwe, Umurimo, Gukunda Igihugu "
National Anthem: Rwanda Nziza
KINYARWANDA LYRICS
Rwanda nziza gihugu cyacu
Wuje imisozi, ibiyaga n'ibirunga
Ngobyi iduhetse gahorane ishya.
Rekatukurate tukuvuge ibigwi
Wowe utubumbiye hamwe twese
Abanyarwanda uko watubyaye
Berwa, sugira, singizwa iteka.
Horana Imana murage mwiza
Ibyo tugukesha ntibishyikirwa:
Umuco dusangiye uraturanga
Ururimi rwacu rukaduhuza
Ubwenge, umutima, amaboko yacu
Nibigukungahaze bikwiye
Nuko utere imbere ubutitsa.
Abakurambere b'intwari
Bitanze batizigama
Baraguhanga uvamo ubukombe
Utsinda ubukoroni na mpatsebihugu
Byayogoje Afurika yose
None uraganje mu bwigenge
Tubikomeyeho uko turi twese.
Komeza imihigo rwanda dukunda
Duhagurukiye kukwitangira
Ngo amahoro asabe mu bagutuye
Wishyire wizane muri byose
Urangwe n'ishyaka, utere imbere
Uhamye umubano n'amahanga yose
Maze ijabo ryawe riguhe ijambo.
FRENCH LYRICS
Rwanda, notre beau et cher pays
Paré de collines, de lacs et de volcans
Mère patrie, sois toujours comblée de bonheur
Nous tous tes enfants : Abanyarwanda
Chantons ton éclat et proclamons tes hauts faits
Toi, giron maternel de nous tous
Sois à jamais admiré, prospère et couvert d’éloges.
Précieux héritage, que Dieu te protège
Tu nous as comblé de biens inestimables
Notre culture commune nous identifie
Notre unique langue nous unifie
Que notre intelligence, notre conscience et nos forces
Te comblent de richesses diversifiées
Pour un développement sans cesse renouvelé.
Nos valeureux aïeux
Se sont donnés corps et âmes
Jusqu’à faire de toi une grande nation
Tu as eu raison du joug colonialo-impérialiste
Qui a dévasté l’Afrique tout entière
Et te voici aise de ton indépendance souveraine
Acquis que sans cesse nous défendrons.
Maintiens ce cap, Rwanda bien-aimé
Debout nous nous engageons pour toi
Afin que la paix règne dans tout le pays
Que tu sois libre de toute entrave
Que ta détermination engage le progrès
Qu’excellent tes relations avec tous les pays
Et qu’enfin ta fierté te vaille estime.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Rwanda, our beautiful and dear country
Adorned of hills, lakes and volcanoes
Motherland, would be always filled of happiness
Us all your children: Abanyarwanda
Let us sing your glare and proclaim your high facts
You, maternal bosom of us all
Would be admired forever, prosperous and cover of praises.
Invaluable heritage, that God protects to you
You filled us priceless goods
Our common culture identifies us
Our single language unifies us
That our intelligence, our conscience and our forces
Fill you with varied riches
For an unceasingly renewed development.
Our valorous ancestors
Gave themselves bodies and souls
As far as making you a big nation
You overcame the colonial-imperialistic yoke
That has devastated Africa entirely
And has your joy of your sovereign independence
Acquired that constantly we will defend.
Maintain this cape, beloved Rwanda,
Standing, we commit for you
So that peace reigns countrywide
That you are free of all hindrance
That your determination hires progress
That you have excellent relations with all countries
And that finally your pride is worth your esteem.
Internet Page: www.gov.rw
Rwanda in diferent languages
eng | afr | bre | cat | ces | cor | cym | dan | fra | hat | jav | jnf | lin | mlt | nld | nor | oci | pol | que | rup | slk | sme | swa | swe | wln | zza: Rwanda
ast | dsb | eus | fao | fin | gla | glg | hrv | hsb | hun | ina | ita | lat | lav | lit | lld | roh | ron | scn | slv | smg | spa | sqi | srd | tet | tur: Ruanda
aze | bos | crh | kaa | mol | slo | tuk | uzb: Ruanda / Руанда
arg | est | por | vor: Ruanda; Rwanda
deu | ltz | nds: Ruanda / Ruanda
frp | nrm: Rouanda
kin | run: Urwanda
bam: Uruwanda
epo: Ruando
fry: Rûanda
fur: Ruande
gle: Ruanda / Ruanda
glv: Rooandey
hau: Ruwanda
ind: Ruwanda / رواندا
isl: Rúanda
kmr: Rûanda / Р’уанда / ڕووئاندا
kur: Rûanda / رووئاندا
mlg: Roanda
msa: Rwanda / رواندا
rmy: Rwanda / र्वान्दा
smo: Ruanata
som: Ruwaanda; Ruwaandha
vie: Ru-an-đa
vol: Ruandän
wol: Ruwandaa
abq | alt | bul | che | chm | kir | kjh | kom | krc | kum | mkd | mon | rus | tyv | udm | ukr: Руанда (Ruanda)
bak | bel | srp | tat: Руанда / Ruanda
chv: Руандӑ (Ruandă)
kaz: Руанда / Rwanda / رۋاندا
kbd: Руандэ (Ruandă)
oss: Руандӕ (Ruandä)
tgk: Руанда / روؤنده / Ruanda
ara: رواندا (Ruwāndā)
fas: روآندا / Ruândâ; رواندا / Ruvândâ
prs: رواندا (Rūāndā)
pus: رواندا (Rūāndā); روندا (Ruwandā)
uig: رۇئاندا / Ruanda / Руанда
urd: روانڈا (Rūānḋā)
div: ރުވާންޑާ (Ruvānḋā)
heb: רואנדה (Rûʾandah)
lad: רואנדה / Ruanda
yid: רואַנדאַ (Ruanda)
amh: ሩዋንዳ (Ruwanda)
ell: Ρουάντα (Royánta)
hye: Ռուանդա (Ṙouanda)
kat: რუანდა (Ruanda)
hin: रवांडा (Ravāṁḍā); रूआण्डा (Rūāṇḍā)
ben: রুয়ান্ডা (Ruyānḍā)
pan: ਰਵਾਂਡਾ (Rvā̃ḍā)
kan: ರ್ವಾಂಡ (Rvāṁḍa)
mal: റുവാണ്ട (Ṟuvāṇṭa)
tam: ருவாண்டா (Ruvāṇṭā)
tel: రవాండా (Ravāṁḍā)
zho: 盧安達/卢旺达 (Lúwàngdá)
jpn: ルワンダ (Ruwanda)
kor: 르완다 (Reuwanda)
mya: ရဝမ္ဒာ (Ẏáwãda)
tha: รวันดา (Rawândā)
khm: រវ៉ាន់ដា (Rovandā); រ្វ៉ាន់ដា (Rvandā)
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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After two days on the road driving from Kampala in Uganda to Ruhengeri in Rwanda, we'd finally arrived. After our dubious hotel experience in Mbarara, The Mountain Gorillas Nest more than made up for it. Laid out on immaculately kept grounds, each cabin had an inescapable view of the ever present and stunning Virunga Volcano chain, the home of the the high mountain Gorillas.
The windbreaking trees surrounding the inner court of the hotel were incredibly tall, so I switched over to my trusty Sigma 10-20, and only just got them all in shot! This shot was taken facing back across the inner court towards the entrance, with to the left the bar, and to the right the restaurant. Continued...
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*Le décor de la visite aux gorilles. Huit volcans majesteux (5 au Rwanda, 3 au Congo)
*Het decor van het bezoek aan de gorilla's. Acht majesteuse vulkanen (5 in Rwanda, 3 in Congo)
At Lake Kivu, near the border of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of CongoAt Lake Kivu, near the border of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
This was a wacky dude I met at a club in Rwanda. He was very nice and invited me to his house where several musicians had an impromptu jam session. I had a great time. I asked if he would give me a Peace sign and this is what he gave me. Good enough wacky guy! BTW... This pic was taken inside the Hotel Rwanda, yes THE Hotel Rwanda, where I was staying
We've done a Joli-Pitt here and adopted a small one!
Well there was a competition at H's work to guess where the monkey was from to win him. Apparently he came all the way from Rwanda. Now he lives with us in North-East England. Hope you like it here.
Mountain Gorillas in Volcanos National Park, Rwanda.
First racing the 1000km Race Around Rwanda ultra-bikerace and afterwards exploring the country (and visiting Uganda aswell) obviously including the bucket list goal of gorilla trekking.
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