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Rwanda

Currency code: 
RWF
Currency name: 
Rwandan franc
Country name: 
Rwanda
Capital: 
Kigali
Country code: 
RW
Continent: 
Africa
Independence: 
July 1, 1962
Independent from: 
from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship
Total area: 
26,338
Land area: 
24,668
Water area: 
1,670
Population: 
12,012,589
Population note: 
12,012,589 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: 
KinyarwandaFrenchEnglish
All languages: 
Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular), French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili, used in commercial centers)
Time zone: 
CAT (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+2)
Calling code: 
+250
Domain: 
.rw