by the Soviet Union in 1945,
now administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; Caspian Sea boundaries
are not yet determined among Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and
Turkmenistan; Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical
border agreement in December 1996 which has not been ratified; Estonia
claimed over 2,000 sq km of territory in the Narva and Pechora regions
of Russia - based on boundary established under the 1920 Peace Treaty
of Tartu; based on the 1920 Treaty of Riga, Latvia had claimed the
Abrene/Pytalovo section of border ceded by the Latvian Soviet
Socialist Republic to Russia in 1944; draft treaty delimiting the
boundary with Latvia has not been signed; has made no territorial
claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not
recognize the claims of any other nation; 1997 border agreement with
Lithuania not yet ratified; Svalbard is the focus of a maritime
boundary dispute in the Barents Sea between Norway and Russia

Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly
for domestic consumption; government has active eradication program;
increasingly used as transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast
Asian opiates and cannabis and Latin American cocaine to Western
Europe, the US, and growing domestic market

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RWANDA

Introduction

in April 1994 between Tutsi and Hutu factions, more than 2 million
refugees fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire, now
called Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the UN High
Commission on Refugees, in 1996 and early 1997 nearly 1,300,000 Hutus
returned to Rwanda; of these, 720,000 returned from Democratic
Republic of the Congo, 480,000 from Tanzania, 88,000 from Burundi, and
10,000 from Uganda.

@Rwanda:Geography

Location: Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geographic coordinates: 2 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:
total: 26,340 sq km
land: 24,950 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km

Area-comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland

Land boundaries:
total: 893 km
border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217
km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Coastline: 0 km (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 gras