Rwanda-Introduction

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Rwanda, or, the Republic of Rwanda is also known as the Land of a Thousand Hills. Unfortunately this small land-locked country in the eastern central area of Africa is best known for the infamous Rwandan Genocide of 1994, which left up to 1 million people dead or missing. Even with this massive loss of human life, the population density of Rwanda is high and rising, and with a uncertain climate and decreasing soil fertility, famine and poverty spread through Rwanda like wildfire. There are three major tribes in Rwanda, The Hutu, the Tutsi, and the Twa. The Hutu are the majority of the population, while the Twa accumulate for around 1 percent of the overall population, with the Tutsi being somewhere in between two. Rwanda is known for its lightning, being labeled as the "lightning capital of the world". Snow is also possible in the higher regions of the mountains and the average rainfall in a year is around 31 inches. Picture 1

"Rwanda." __Wikipedia__. 13 May 2007 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda>.] Picture 1: Milstein, Mark H. __Rwanda__. 13 May 2007 .