vely set exchange rate would produce misleading
results
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_@_Rwanda
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 26,340 km2; land area: 24,950 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Maryland

_#_Land boundaries: 893 km total; Burundi 290 km, Tanzania 217 km,
Uganda 169 km, Zaire 217 km

_#_Coastline: none--landlocked

_#_Maritime claims: none--landlocked

_#_Climate: temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November
to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

_#_Terrain: mostly grassy uplands and hills; mountains in west

_#_Natural resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite
(tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower

_#_Land use: arable land 29%; permanent crops 11%; meadows and
pastures 18%; forest and woodland 10%; other 32%; includes irrigated
NEGL%

_#_Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil
erosion; periodic droughts

_#_Note: landlocked

_*_People
_#_Population: 7,902,644 (July 1991), growth rate 3.8% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 52 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 110 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 54 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 8.4 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun and adjective--Rwandan(s)

_#_Ethnic divisions: Hutu 90%, Tutsi 9%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%,
indigenous beliefs and other 25%

_#_Language: Kinyarwanda, French (official); Kiswahili used in
commercial centers

_#_Literacy: 50% (male 64%, female 37%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 3,600,000; agriculture 93%, government and services
5%, industry and commerce 2%; 49% of population of working age (1985)

_#_Organized labor: NA

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Republic of Rwanda

_#_Type: republic; presidential system in which military leaders hold
key offices; on 31 December 1990, the government announced a
National Political Charter to serve as a basis for transition
to a presidential/parliamentary political system; the charter will be
voted upon in a national referendum to be held June 1991

_#_Capital: Kigali

_#_Administrative divisions: 10 prefectures (prefectures,
singular--prefecture in French; plural--NA, singular--pr