Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda ranks 143rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guadeloupe, Monaco, and The Bahamas. Memorable people born in present day Rwanda include Paul Kagame, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Kigeli V of Rwanda. Memorable people who died in Rwanda include Dian Fossey, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Grégoire Kayibanda. Rwanda has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and biologists.

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a comparatively high elevation, Rwanda has been given the sobriquet "Land of a Thousand Hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast. The largest and most notable lakes are mainly in the western and northern regions of the country, and several volcanoes that form part of the Virunga volcanic chain are primarily in the northwest. The climate is considered trophical highland, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. It is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the third-most densely populated country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kigali, located at the centre of the country, at 1,500 metres above sea level. Read more on Wikipedia