Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Rwanda
Rwanda is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape. Its renowned Volcanoes National Park is home to mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The park encompasses the 4,507 meter tall Mt. Karisimbi and 4 other forested volcanoes. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Rwanda.
1. Rwanda is also known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills” because of the country is covered by rolling, grassy hills.
3. Rwanda’s parliament has more female members than any other parliament in the world.
4. The country is a leader of gorilla tourism.
5. Kigali, Rwanda is the cleanest city in Africa. They have banned plastic bags and there’s a compulsory community service once a month for all Rwandans, where people go and clean up their communities.
6. Volcanoes National Park lies in northwestern Rwanda. The national park is known as a haven for the rare and endangered mountain gorilla and golden monkeys. It’s home to five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga Mountains and spans 160 square kilometers, or 62 square miles.
7. Akagera National Park covers 1,200 square kilometers, or 460 square miles, in eastern Rwanda, along the Tanzanian border. It was founded in 1934 to protect animals and vegetation in three ecoregions: Savannah, mountain and swamp.
8. The Nyungwe Rainforest is located in southwestern Rwanda. This rainforest is probably the best preserved montane rainforest in Central Africa.
9 The Kigali Genocide Memorial commemorates the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. The center is a permanent memorial to those who fell victim to the genocide and serves as a place in which the bereaved could bury their family and friends.
Plan your vacations in A land of a thousand hills and explore it yourselves, they usually say that no place like home but Rwanda is best.
