RWANDA
Geography
(Updated: February 2005)
Area
Total area: 26 338 sq km; Land area: 24 950 sq km; Water: Landlocked
Climate:
Temperate
Physical description
Mostly grassy uplands and hills, relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east.
Physical Infrastructure
Table: Communication: per 1000 inhabitants
|
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Main Telephone Lines |
… |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
… |
Mobile Telephones |
… |
2 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
… |
Computers |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Internet Users |
… |
… |
… |
… |
2.5 |
3.1 |
… |
Internet Service Providers (total) |
… |
… |
1 |
1 |
… |
2 |
… |
Radio Broadcast Stations (total) |
AM: 0 FM: 3 Shortwave: 1 |
… |
… |
… |
… |
AM: 0 FM: 3 Shortwave: 1 |
… |
Radio Receivers |
101 |
… |
… |
… |
85 |
… |
… |
Television Broadcast Stations (total) |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Television Receivers |
N/A (less than 1000) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Daily Newspapers (total) |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Note: There are no daily newspapers published in Rwanda, though there are a number of weekly papers available.
(Sources: World Bank, UNDP, CIA World Factbook)
Transportation
• Railways - none
• Roads -13 000 kms of which 1 200 km paved (1997 estimate)
• Waterways - Lake Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
• Airports with paved runways - 4 (2001)
Nearly all of Rwanda 's imports and exports travel over 1 500km by road to or from the post of Mombassa in Kenya (via Uganda), or Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
Table: Energy provision
Year |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
Production |
159 million kWh |
132 million kWh |
113 million kWh |
96.78 million kWh |
Source |
Hydro-electric: 97.48% Fossil Fuel: 2.52% |
Hydro-electric: 96.97% Fossil Fuel: 3.03% |
Hydro-electric: 97.35% Fossil Fuel: 2.65% |
Hydro-electric: 97.7% Fossil Fuel: 2.3% |
Consumption |
165 million kWh |
191.8 million kWh |
174.09 million kWh |
140 million kWh |
Imports |
20 million kWh |
70 million kWh |
70 million kWh |
50 million kWh |
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
More than 90% of the energy consumed in Rwanda comes from wood, peat and charcoal.
Urban areas and industry energy requirements are met by hydroelectricity genera ted by the Ntaruka, Mukungwa and Sebeya stations. The Rusizi station has been developed with Burundi and DRC and generates more than 40 per cent of the energy used in Rwanda. Plans are under way to exploit natural methane gas under Lake Kivu, which has reserves of more than 50bn cu metres.
