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Rwanda

Rwanda is a highland country west of Tanzania, south of Uganda and north of Burundi. Lake Kivu forms part of its western setting against the DRC.

Fast Facts

  • Rwanda is a land of steep hills rising to the Virunga volcanoes in the northwest.
  • Tea and coffee are major exports, and the Congo–Nile divide runs through the country.
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