RWANDA RWANDA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 1 1962 FROM A UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP UNDER BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 5 1995 POPULATION 8154933 1999 EST AREA 10169 SQ MI CAPITAL KIGALI FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD TIN TUNGSTEN NATURAL GAS HYDROELECTRIC POWER MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING TIN CEMENT FOOD PROCESSING BEVERAGES SOAP FURNITURE SHOES PLASTIC GOODS TEXTILES TOBACCO AGRICULTURE COFFEE TEA CHRYSANTHEMUMS USED IN INSECTICIDES BANANAS BEANS SORGHUM GRAIN POTATOES LIVESTOCK CURRENCY FRANC GDP 5.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 690 1998 EST LANGUAGES KINYARWANDA OFFICIAL FRENCH OFFICIAL SWAHILI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 61 LIFE EXPECTANCY 41 YEARS MALE 42 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 39 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 20 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
