Rwanda

About Rwanda

Rwanda is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Rwanda. In Arabic, the name is written رواندا, and the capital كيغالي. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Rwanda is Kigali. Kigali lies at about 2° south and 30° east. Rwanda has 3 official languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda. Its currency is the Rwandan Franc, with the symbol ⁨Fr⁩ and the international code RWF.

Rwanda covers about 26,338 square kilometres, which puts it 144th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 4 neighbours: the DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi. The largest of these neighbours by area is the DR Congo. Other countries in East Africa include Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Zambia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Rwanda with the other countries of the same region.