Map of Rwanda with regions and capitals

Regions of Rwanda and their capitals

Rwanda is divided into four provinces, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western, plus the City of Kigali, giving 5 units on the map. The provinces are further divided into districts.

Population from Wikidata (latest figure available for each region).

Blank and coloring maps of Rwanda

Blank map of Rwanda

Coloring map of Rwanda

Geography of Rwanda

Rwanda is often called the land of a thousand hills. Almost the entire country is high ground, with steep hills and valleys covered in small farms and terraces. In the northwest, the volcanic Virunga Mountains rise along the borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mount Karisimbi, one of them, is the highest point at 4,507 m (14,787 ft). The west is part of the mountainous rim of the Albertine Rift, while the land slopes down eastward to lower plateaus, savanna, papyrus swamps and lakes around Akagera National Park.

Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, forms much of the western border, and the Rusizi River drains it south toward Lake Tanganyika. The Akagera River, part of the Nile's headwaters, runs along the eastern border with Tanzania, and the Nyabarongo, which feeds it, is often named as one of the most distant sources of the Nile. Nyungwe Forest in the southwest is a large mountain rainforest. Because of the altitude, the climate is mild for a tropical country, with two rainy seasons and two drier seasons each year.

Fun facts

• Mountain gorillas live in Volcanoes National Park, in the Virunga Mountains of northwestern Rwanda.
• With about 14.6 million people (2025), Rwanda is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa.
• Rwanda lies only a short distance south of the equator, yet its altitude keeps Kigali's temperatures mild.

Countries bordering Rwanda

• Burundi
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Tanzania
• Uganda