Rwanda,+christian

RWANDA __**backgrounded**__ people settled in Rwanda thousands of years ago snd powerfull groups arose called Tutsi which use to mean they owned alot of cattle, anyone who wasn't a Tutsi was a Hutu. they all shared the same religion and most intermarried between the groups but the Hutu's out numbered the Tutsi's. they were ruled by a king and spoke kinyarwanda and some spoke Swahili, French, and English. German colonists came ain the 19th century but lost it after WW1 and then the Belgians put the Tutsis in rule because the Hutus din't look that caucasian. Soon the Hutus started to hate how they were second class. In 1959 the Hutus overthrew the Tutsis king over years many of the Tutsis were killed and many went into exile. The chikdren of the Tutsi exile would make a rebellion against the Hutus which was called the Rwandan patriotic Front or RPF for short which bagan in 1990. then was known as genocide in which 800,000 died in this fighting. it finally ended in 1994 when the Tutsis brought a end to it and over 2 million Hutus went to neighboring countries. Most of the Hutus have returned to Rwanda but many stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

__**geography**__ __﻿__ __**Population:**__ 10,746,311 __**birth rate**__:38.06/1,000 __**death rate:**__ 10.57/1,000
 * central Africa it is east of Democratic Republic of Congo.
 * it is some what bigger then Maryland
 * weather is rainy sometimes with frost in the mountains and snow to
 * **__boarders:__** Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
 * __**Terrain**__: It is mostly grassy in Rwanda but changes when reaches mountains
 * **__Natural Resources:__** they have gold, tin ore, tungsten ore, Hydropower, methane, good land
 * they have droughts in Rwanda
 * __**environment concerns:**__ they cut down many forest and have alot of poaching, soil erosion, and lastly they have overgrazing of animals.

females-58
 * __life expectancy__**: males-55

__**diseases:**__ HIV/AIDS-2.8% death by HIV/AIDS-7,800 people who have it is about 150,000 also have malaria and rabies

__**Groups**__: Hutus, Tutsi and Twa

__**Religion**__: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim

__**languages:**__ the main officail languages spoken in Rwanda are Kinyarwanda, French, and English


 * __Government:__** the type of government is a republic


 * __Capital__**-kigali

got independce in 1962 on July 1st. Chief of state is Paul Kagame.

__**Economy**__: Rwanda is very pour and most of the population does agriculture

__**Military:**__ Rwandan Defense forces and Rwandan Patriotic Air Force must serve 18 years in military

__**Timeline**__ 1300- Tutsi migrate to Rwanda which has Hutus and Twa already thier.

1858- British explorer is firrst to person to visit area his name is Hanning Speke.

1890- Rwanda becomes part of German East Africa.

1916- Rwanda is occupied by belgian forces.

1957-Hutu politically parties formed.

1961- becomes a Republic

1962- Rwanda becomes independent with a Hutu president many Tutsi leave Rwanda.

1963- 20,000 Tutsi killed because of Tutsi rebels.

1973-Hutu president kicked out by Tutsi

1978- new constitution made

1988-50,000 Hutu refugees flee to Rwanda from Burundi.

__**work cited**__ spalding, Frank, __Genocide in Rwanda__, 29 east 21st street, new york, NY, Rosen publishing group inc, 2009

background, Central Intellingence Agency, Agust 30, 2010, 9-15-10,http://www.cia.gov/libary/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rw.html

Timeline,BBC news,10-3-10, htt://newsbbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1070329.stm