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=Kigali, Rwanda, Africa compared to Phoenix, Arizona=

Arizona's highest point is Piestewa Peak at 2,610 ft tall! || Elevation: || Elevation:5,249 ft Kigali's lowest point is the Rusizi River (3,117 ft) and it's highest point is Volcan Karisimbi at 14,826 || ||   ||
 * Phoenix:_** **Kigali:**
 * [[image:http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/az/AZ_11270.gif]] || 33 degrees North, 112 degrees West || Absolute Locations: || 1 degree South, 30 degrees East || [[image:http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/rwafrica.gif width="271" height="187"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://mexicanborder.web.unc.edu/files/2011/11/Arizona-Mexican-border-map.jpg width="365" height="210"]] || Borders California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico,and the country of Mexico. || Relative Locations: || Rwanda borders include Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Dem. Republic of Congo and Lake Kivu. It is also right below the equator. || [[image:http://0.tqn.com/d/geography/1/0/F/6/rw-150.gif width="354" height="178"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfw4zBXTTsejphYyxlx0kXmBtzUyTKtUMh2gL51A9D7fSV0uXs width="351" height="202"]] || Elevation: 4,100 ft
 * [[image:http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/03_08_2010/bFVi0MLyx6_03_08_2010/medium/copper.jpg width="346" height="139"]] || Exports: Arizona exports electronics, communication, and is the most plentiful producer of copper in the U.S. || Goods: || Exports: Rwanda is known for it's coffee and different variety of teas. || [[image:http://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Seasons-Pick-Rwandan.jpg width="257" height="174"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/PHXLA-600x400.jpg width="378" height="249"]] || 70% of the state has cars in Arizona. There are around 58,112 paved roads in the state. || Transportation: || Only very rich own cars in Kigali. Only about 10% of the roads there are paved and most people get around on city taxi-buses. || [[image:http://umuseke.rw/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Imodoka-nto.jpg width="476" height="323"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.skinzwraps.com/images/Arizona/Trailer-wrap-for-Time-Warner-Cable-Side.jpg width="357" height="269"]] || In Phoenix Arizona about 70% of the population has some kind of internet that they can use.

The most used internet used in Arizona is Time Warner Cable. || % of People with internet: || In Kigali, people have enough money just to buy food and survive, so only 10% of people have internet in their homes.

There is one major radio station in Rwanda for those who do have radios. || ||   ||
 * [[image:http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/files/2009/04/l115542-1.jpg width="335" height="198"]] || In Phoenix, Arizona, 87% percent of people can read and write English.

Only 57% of high school graduates in Arizona attend some kind of college. || Literacy Rate: || 71% of Rwanda can read all different languages depending on the person/family. || ||   || The third language is Navajo. Navajo is the language of the Navajo tribe. || Top Languages: || In Rwanda, most speak Rwandan, more officially called Kinyarwanda.
 * [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRmFaY0H6P7bxlnqzPrEyhN-3eZ4gqDX_SQ7y3K402OKyvr31qag:https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9624478101_10112b0aa3.jpg]] || Arizona is not very rainy, not even close to Rwanda. It rains 13 inches a year. || Precipitation: || It rains a lot in Rwanda. It rains 40.5 inches a year, so about 3.4 a month. || [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xu_O6BrPZC4/S-ztN5tP-3I/AAAAAAAAABA/fG8GtIvzYPY/s320/rwanda+rain.jpg]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQS-ntS9vKIMgjIEGh0yAJa3R3YeLBd8gz0pUIMm8Q4vw_X4XHS:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Downtown_Phoenix_Aerial_Looking_Northeast.jpg]] || Phoenix, Arizona is 517 square miles. || Area: || Kigali, Rwanda is 281 square miles. || [[image:https://atavist-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/atavist/1/image/derivative/scale~1023x5000x0x0~rwandamapw-1403901334-60.jpg width="287" height="337"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.rarepottery.info/images/Postcards004.jpg width="445" height="276"]] || The Hohokam tribe were the first to settle the area that would later be named Arizona. The European settlers came in 1861. || Settled (Established) in what year: || 1907 by Dr. Richard Kandt. He was German. || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Kandt_Richard.jpg/220px-Kandt_Richard.jpg]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://media.ehs.uen.org/html/NavajoQ4/UNIT_TWELVE_ORAL_TEST__Months_of_the_Year_01/months1.png width="375" height="183"]] || In Phoenix, most speak English, then Spanish is next.

The second top language is English, spoken in certain places in Kigali.

The 3 most used language is French. || I ||  ||
 * [[image:http://cofda.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/us-mexico-border-map.jpg width="315" height="198"]] || 1. Phoenix got it's name from the word meaning "place that's hot".

2. Arizona belonged to Mexico before the Mexican-American war.

3. Arizona gained statehood in 1912, and Phoenix became capital in 1912 also by President William Taft. || Historical Facts: || 1. Germany used to control Rwanda until 1961.

2. Tutsi rebels used to attack Kigali, but they mad a peace accord in 1993.

3. Rwanda is a democracy and their president is Paul Kagame. || ||   || Winter: during winter it is warm and dry but now as hot as summer. The average temperature in winter is 60 degrees.
 * [[image:http://amazingarizona.com/wp-content/uploads/azemployers/images/cedpopma.gif]] || 1,445,632 || Population: || 603,049 || [[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G4BEXT1nC1E/UkjvcTz5F1I/AAAAAAAAEPA/tzc0EKytKcQ/s1600/crowd+attending+mHose++roadshow.jpg width="290" height="193"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://debitage.net/humangeography/images/Phoenix.jpg width="322" height="216"]] || 2,797.8 people per square mile || Population Density: || 1,556 people per square mile || [[image:https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNnSAOyCzNRuB3ADUgAaaYvHhEeTED60F39n6Vow20x5IVlRpJRg]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/may08/may08images/gcnp-19.jpg width="365" height="286"]] || 80% of days in Phoenix are sunny.

Summer: Usual summer temperatures rise above 100 degrees F. || Climate: || Average Temperature year round is 66 degrees F.

Winter: It rains a lot in winter. It's rainy seasons are: Feb- May Sept.-Dec.

Summer: Summers are warm but the months June, July, and August are about the only dry months here. || ||   || Extreme poverty rate: 8.9% Homeless people: 11,302
 * [[image:http://www.prescott.va.gov/images/935764_30449266.jpg width="269" height="186"]] || Poverty rate in Phoenix is 18.6%.

Most average people live in average size houses made out of bricks. || Housing: || 80% of Rwandans live in houses made of mud brick or wood in rural areas. || ||   || Arizona Major League Soccer League || 1. Sports (mostly soccer) 2. Biking 3. Dancing || Leisure: || 1. Pottery 2. Play/Listen to music 3. Dance || ||   || 
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SMwpIQ0ND0g/Uu7X8lrCrLI/AAAAAAAA41U/9_nRqsz_JaM/s233-k-no/photo.jpg caption="Image"]]

Sources I Used:
 * Wikipedia.com
 * arizona.com
 * arizonaexperience.com
 * phoenix.arizona.com
 * phoenix.gov

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