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Highlights

• Capital: Kigali
• Location: Landlocked country in East-Central Africa, south of the Equator.
• Borders: Uganda (N), Tanzania (E), Burundi (S), Democratic Republic of the Congo (W).
• Nickname: "Land of a Thousand Hills".
• Highest Peak: Mount Karisimbi (4,507 m).
• River Basins: Lies in the Nile and Congo River basins.
• Major Rivers: Akagera, Nyabarongo, Akanyaru.
• Lake Kivu: One of the African Great Lakes; located on the Rwanda–DR Congo border in the Albertine Rift (western branch of the East African Rift).