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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Maryland
Area > Land	24,948 sq km		[145th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	26,338 sq km		[153rd of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Kigali - 851,024
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	12.4%		[139th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	2 00 S, 30 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	45.56%		[8th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Kigali
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	286,000		[127th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Kigali - 851,024
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	326.85 people per sqkm		[33rd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	366.34 people/m²		[19th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	1,028 mm		[32nd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	26,340 km²		[144th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Volcan Karisimbi
Source: World Development Indicators database

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