行政区划
主条目:卢旺达行政区划
卢旺达全国分为4个省和一个市:
东部省(Province de l'Est)
北部省(Province du Nord)
西部省(Province de l'Ouest)
南部省(Province du Sud)
基加利市(Ville de Kigali)
地理
卢旺达位于非洲中部赤道偏南,在南纬1~3度,东经29~31度之间,是一个内陆小国。
The Republic of Rwanda (pronounced /ruːˈændə/ or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English, [ɾwanda] or [ɾɡwanda] in Kinyarwanda) is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Home to approaching 10 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, most of whom engage in subsistence agriculture. A verdant country of fertile and hilly terrain, the small republic bears the title "Land of a Thousand Hills" (French: Pays des Mille Collines; Kinyarwanda: Igihugu cy'Imisozi Igihumbi).
The country has received considerable international attention due to its 1994 genocide, in which between 800,000 and one million people were killed. In 2008, Rwanda became the first country in history to elect a national legislature in which a majority of members were women. Three quarters of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.