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Capital: kigali
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of rwanda conventional short form: rwanda local long form: republika y'u rwanda local short form: rwanda former: ruanda
National holiday: independence day. 1 july (1962)
Government type
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republic; presidential. multiparty system
Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (in french - provinces. singular - province; in kinyarwanda - prefigintara for singular and plural); butare. byumba. cyangugu. gikongoro. gisenyi. gitarama. kibungo. kibuye. kigali rurale. kigali-ville. umutara. ruhengeri |
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Independence:
1 july 1962 (from belgium-administered un trusteeship)
Political parties and leaders: centrist democratic party or pdc [alfred mukezamfura]; democratic popular union of rwanda or udpr [adrien rangira]; democratic republican movement or mdr (officially banned) [celestin kabanda]; islamic democratic party or pdi [andre bumaya]; liberal party or pl [prosper higiro]; party for democratic renewal (officially banned) [na]; rwandan patriotic front or rpf [paul kagame]; social democratic party or psd [vincent biruta]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
ibuka - association of genocide survivors
International organization participation
: acct. acp. afdb. au. cepgl. comesa. fao. g-77. ibrd. icao. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. interpol. ioc. iom. iso (correspondent). itu. miga. nam. opcw. un. unctad. unesco. unido. unmis. upu. wcl. wco. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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