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Rwanda Cities with Hotels
 Rwanda, republic in east central Africa, bounded on the north by Uganda, on the east by Tanzania, on the south by Burundi, and on the west by Lake Kivu and Zaire. Rwanda covers an area of 26,338 sq km (10,169 sq mi), and Kigali is its capital and largest city.
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Land and Resources
The central portion of Rwanda is dominated by a hilly plateau averaging about 1700 m (about 5600 ft) in elevation. Eastward, toward the Tanzania border, the land slopes downward to a series of marshy lakes along the upper Kagera River. On the western side of the plateau is a mountain system averaging about 2740 m (about 9000 ft) in elevation, forming the watershed between the Nile and Zaire river systems. The Virunga Mountains, a volcanic range that forms the northern reaches of this system, includes Volcan Karisimbi (4507 m/14,787 ft), Rwanda's highest peak. West of the mountains the elevation drops to about 1460 m (about 4800 ft) in the Lake Kivu region.
Climate
Rwanda has three main seasons: a short dry season in January, the major rainy season from February through May, and another dry period from May to late September. The average yearly rainfall is 787 mm (31 in) and is heaviest in the western and northwestern mountain regions. Wide temperature variations occur because of elevation differences. The average daily temperature in the Lake Kivu area is 22.8° C (73° F). In the mountains in the northwest, frost occurs at night.
"Rwanda," Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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