{"id":12019,"date":"2018-08-09T14:12:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:12:17","slug":"rwanda-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Google Maps &#038; Wiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rwanda Map<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href =\"#google-maps\">Google Maps<\/a>, <\/strong>detailed<strong> facts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/strong> (ISO: RW) <strong>and<\/strong> the capital city, <strong>Kigali<\/strong>. This page enables you to explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> and its land boundaries in total: 930 km. You may also view the border countries of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> (total: 4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a> 315 km, Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a> 221 km, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/tanzania-google-maps\/\">Tanzania<\/a> 222 km, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/uganda-google-maps\/\">Uganda<\/a> 172 km with its area of total: 26,338 sq km; land: 24,668 sq km, water: 1,670 sq km through detailed Satellite imagery \u2013 fast and easy as never before &#8211; with Google Maps. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Find comprehensive geographical, economic, environmental, governmental, cultural, scientific, historical, and demographical related information below on the wiki page of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case if you are traveling by car, there is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/\">Street View<\/a><\/a> and free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/google-route-planner\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/google-route-planner\/\">Driving Directions<\/a><\/a> by Google at your service.<\/p>\n<p>Your virtual Sightseeing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/category\/africa\/\" class=\"ilgen\">Africa<\/a> starts here on this map &#038; Wiki page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"google-maps\"><\/div>\n\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> Google Maps &#038; Facts<\/h2>\n<p>This virtual map shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, located in Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a>, north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a>, with its cities, towns, highways, main roads, streets, <strong>Street Views, and terrain maps<\/strong> regularly updated <strong>by Google<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\/*\n\t\tvar kgmap_zoom_level = 'auto';\n\t\tvar trafficLayerEnabled   = false;\n\t\tvar transitLayerEnabled   = false;\n\t\tvar tempUnit              = google.maps.weather.TemperatureUnit.FAHRENHEIT;\n\t\tvar bikeLayerEnabled      = false;\n\t\tvar weatherLayerEnabled   = false;\n\t\tvar cloudLayerEnabled     = false;\n*\/\n\t<\/script>\n\t<div id=\"kgmapSimpleMap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"kgmapRoutePlannerSearchPanel\">\n\t\t\t\t<form action=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/#googlemaps\" method=\"get\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"address\">Search for a place<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"address\" id=\"address\" placeholder=\"Address, landmark, or category\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input  type=\"submit\" value=\"Show map  \u27a2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"googlemaps\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Link egys\u00e9g hirdet\u00e9sek -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5759976617380173\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9897006634\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed\/v1\/place?key=AIzaSyDmBBHvVub485_rlkT9ae1hQaeEreacHx4&amp;q=United+States\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br><br>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\tfunction kgmap_start() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ showAddress('United States');\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <br \/> You are viewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> and its location (Africa) at the geographic coordinates of 2 00 S, 30 00 E, inland counties boundaries and international borders.<\/p>\n\n<p>Hint: Have a look at the Street view in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, RW. All you have to do is drag and pull the little yellow man (Pegman) on the Google map above the desired location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>. After that, whenever it is available (currently more than 50 countries provided by Google around the world), blue stripes will appear to show the photos and details from Google\u2019s regularly updated database.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Rwanda Google Maps\" href=\"#google-maps\">map of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/a>, Africa is free, but for informational use only. No representation or warranty has been made as to any map or its content by Search <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/google-route-planner\/\">Driving Directions<\/a>.com. User assumes all risk of use of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> Google map and fast facts\/wiki page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Back to the top of Rwanda Google map and wiki page\" href=\"#top\">Top of page<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tg-wrap\">\n<table class=\"tg\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"tg-hgcj\" colspan=\"4\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Geographical facts about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> including Kigali, the capital city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Name of the country:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Capital city:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">Kigali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Geographical coordinates of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">2 00 S, 30 00 E<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Geographical coordinates of Kigali:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">1 57 S 30 03 E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Location of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a>, north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Continent \/ area:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>The area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">total: 26,338 sq km; land: 24,668 sq km, water: 1,670 sq km<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Area comparative of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">slightly smaller than Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>The elevation data of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">mean elevation: 1,598 m, elevation extremes; lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m, highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>The climate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">temperate: two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January): mild in mountains with frost and snow possible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Land use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">agricultural land: 74.5%; arable land 47%; permanent crops 10.1%; permanent pasture 17.4%; forest: 18%; other: 7.5% (2011 estimate)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Irrigated land:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">96 sq km (2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Geographical notes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">landlocked country; most of the country is savanna grassland with the population predominantly rural<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>The terrain of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Land boundaries of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\">total: 930 km<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><strong>Borders countries of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-031e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a> 315 km, Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a> 221 km, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/tanzania-google-maps\/\">Tanzania<\/a> 222 km, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/uganda-google-maps\/\">Uganda<\/a> 172 km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><strong>Maritime claims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\">none &#8211; (landlocked country)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-4eph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Back to the top of Rwanda Google map and wiki page\" href=\"#top\">Top of page<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3>Fast Facts about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Are you traveling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>? When you are on the way to explore foreign countries in Africa, it is always good to be aware of <strong>the nature of<\/strong> that specific<strong> nation and the surroundings<\/strong>, in this case: Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a>, north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the <strong>legal system of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/strong> is a mixed legal system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court?<\/p>\n<p>When you are traveling around or looking for accommodation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, you would better know that (the lengths of roadways total: 4,700 km, paved: 1,207 km, unpaved: 3,493 km (2012)), and the most crowded areas in this country are: KIGALI (capital) 1.257 million (2015). The urbanization rate in this country looks like the following: urban population: 28.8% of the total population (2015).<\/p>\n<p>The total <strong>population<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>:<strong> 12,988,423 (July 2016 estimate)<\/strong> with a <strong>population growth rate<\/strong> of 2.53% (2016 estimate) and the most widely<strong> spoken language(s) are <\/strong>Kinyarwanda only (official language, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, Kinyarwanda and other language(s) 6.2%, French (official language) and other language(s) 0.1%, English (official language) and other language(s) 0.1%, Swahili (or Kiswahili, used in commercial centers) 0.02%, other 0.03%, unspecified 0.3% (2002 estimate). These days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> has to face a <strong>net migration rate of<\/strong> 0.8 migrant(s) \/ 1,000 population (2016 estimate).<\/p>\n<p>You may find the following <strong>ethnic groups<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> nowadays; Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The right to vote<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> can be exercised by the population <strong>from the age of 18 years of age, universal<\/strong> and <strong>he following ways can earn the citizenship<\/strong>; citizenship by birth: no. Citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>; if the father is stateless or unknown, the mother must be a citizen. Dual citizenship recognized: no. Residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>In case if you plan to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> for shopping, or for business porpuses, it is good to know that the <strong>national holiday(s) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/strong> are: Independence Day, 1 July (1962).<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are traveling for business or not, never forget that sometimes there are several <strong>risks\/hazards<\/strong> on your way; <strong>In the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/strong>, these are the most likely dangers you might face: periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga Mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congovolcanism: Visoke (elev. 3,711 m), located on the border with the Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a>, is the country&#8217;s only historically active volcano. What do you think? Are you prepared enough to visit Kigali and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Living with the given conditions, affected by all the civilization and natural harms in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, the population has to face a <strong>death rate<\/strong> of 8.8 deaths \/ 1,000 population (2016 estimate).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Back to the top of Rwanda Google map and wiki page\" href=\"#top\">Top of page<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3>Travel references about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>To make your travel experience better, you may do it better to understand at least one of the most widely <strong>spoken languages in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/strong>. Here they are: Kinyarwanda only (official language, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, Kinyarwanda and other language(s) 6.2%, French (official language) and other language(s) 0.1%, English (official language) and other language(s) 0.1%, Swahili (or Kiswahili, used in commercial centers) 0.02%, other 0.03%, unspecified 0.3% (2002 estimate).<\/p>\n<p>For your local internet searches, use the following TLD: .rw<\/p>\n<p>Do not be surprised, when visiting this country, its <strong>climate<\/strong> typically is like this; temperate: two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January): mild in mountains with frost and snow possible.<\/p>\n<p>Its <strong>capital city is Kigali<\/strong>, where the <strong>local time zone is<\/strong> UTC+2, which is 7 hours ahead of Washington DC during Standard Time. Note to the timezone in Kigali: N\/A.<\/p>\n<p>For nature lovers, we do note the following <strong>elevation data<\/strong> regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>; mean elevation: 1,598 m, elevation extremes; lowest point: Rusizi River 950 m, highest point: Volcan Karisimbi 4,519 m. The length of its total coastline are: 0 km (landlocked country) and the length of the land boundaries is total: 930 km.<\/p>\n<p>Current <strong>environmental issues<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>; deforestation results from uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil erosion; widespread poaching.<\/p>\n<p>And again &#8211; in case if you missed it-, those <strong>natural hazards<\/strong>, that are threatening your journey: periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga Mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congovolcanism: Visoke (elev. 3,711 m), located on the border with the Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a>, is the country&#8217;s only historically active volcano.<\/p>\n<p>For your traveling options, there are 7 (2013)<strong> airports and<\/strong> N\/A <strong>heliports<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> all together with (Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft) (2011) waterways, and roadways in total: total: 4,700 km, paved: 1,207 km, unpaved: 3,493 km (2012).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Back to the top of Rwanda Google map and wiki page\" href=\"#top\">Top of page<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>Background of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Like every nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> also has its <strong>historical background, and<\/strong> it has shaped its social, cultural, political and geographical <strong>characteristics<\/strong>; In 1959, three years before independence from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/belgium-google-maps\/\">Belgium<\/a>, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. The children of these exiles later formed a rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and began a civil war in 1990. The war, along with several political and economic upheavals, exacerbated ethnic tensions, culminating in April 1994 in a state-orchestrated genocide, in which Rwandans killed up to a million of their fellow citizens, including approximately three-quarters of the Tutsi population. The genocide ended later that same year when the predominantly Tutsi RPF, operating out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/uganda-google-maps\/\">Uganda<\/a> and northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, defeated the national army and Hutu militias, and established an RPF-led government of national unity. Approximately 2 million Hutu refugees &#8211; many fearing Tutsi retribution &#8211; fled to neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/burundi-google-maps\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/tanzania-google-maps\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/uganda-google-maps\/\">Uganda<\/a>, and former Zaire. Since then, most of the refugees have returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, but several thousand remained in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/congo-google-maps\/\">Congo<\/a> (DRC, the former Zaire) and formed an extremist insurgency bent on retaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, much as the RPF did in 1990. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> held its first local elections in 1999 and its first post-genocide presidential and legislative elections in 2003. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> in 2009 staged a joint military operation with the Congolese Army in DRC to rout out the Hutu extremist insurgency there, and Kigali and Kinshasa restored diplomatic relations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchdrivingdirections.com\/maps\/rwanda-google-maps\/\">Rwanda<\/a> also joined the Commonwealth in late 2009 and assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term. 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