Rwanda

__ Rwanda __
 * The Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. A verdant country of fertile and hilly terrain, the small republic bears the title "Land of a Thousand Hills” **
 * The franc became the currency of Rwanda in 1916. Rwanda used the currency of Belgian Congo until 1960, when the Rwanda and Burundi franc was introduced. Rwanda began issuing its own francs in 1964. In 1964, coins were introduced for 1, 5 and 10 francs. In 1964, notes of the Rwanda and Burundi Bank of Emission were over stamped for use in Rwanda alone.1 Australian dollar is worth 470.652 in franc. One Rwandan franc is worth 0.00204683 Australian dollar. **
 * Paul Kagame **** (born October 23, 1957 ) is the current President of the Republic of Rwanda. He rose to prominence as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), whose victory over the incumbent government in July 1994 effectively ended the Rwandan genocide. Under his leadership, Rwanda has been called Africa’s “biggest success story” **
 * Kigali ****, population 851,024 (2005), is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated in the centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962. The main home and offices of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, are located in the city, as are the government ministries. The city is coterminous (having the same border or covering the same areas) with the province of Kigali City, which was enlarged in January 2006 as part of local government reorganization in the country. The city's urban area covers about 70% of the municipal boundaries. **
 * The teaching language for Primary years 1 to 3 is Kinyarwanda. In years 4 to 6 this becomes English or French. There are 2172 Schools in all of Rwanda. With the 1,636,563 Pupils the 26,024 Teachers have their hands full, even though only 85.2% of them are qualified.49.5% of the pupils are boys and 50.5% are girls. ** ** Education is free and compulsory for all children aged 7 to 13, but the law is not widely enforced. **
 * Buffalo, haplochromis erythromaculatus, rhinolophus hilli, synodontis ruandae and the tropodiaptomas kissi are only a few of the hundreds of different fauna Rwanda has to offer. **
 * Some of the many thousands of plants and flowers Rwanda has to offer with very strange names are: Dolichamdrone spathocea, cydisto acquinoctialis and delostoma lobbi. **
 * Now if we were you we would definitely go to Rwanda for an extended holiday, because free education, tamed gorillas just around the corner and a great lake region next door sounds pretty good. Can’t get any better than Rwanda!!! **