Ruanda-Urundi
enUKRu·an·da-U·run·di
R0331800 (ro͞o-än′də-o͝o-ro͝on′dē)Ruanda-Urundi
(rʊˈændəʊˈrʊndɪ)Ruan′da-Urun′di
n.
| 单词 | ruanda-urundi |
| 释义 | Ruanda-UrundienUKRu·an·da-U·run·diR0331800 (ro͞o-än′də-o͝o-ro͝on′dē)Ruanda-Urundi(rʊˈændəʊˈrʊndɪ)Ruan′da-Urun′din. Ruanda-UrundienUKRuanda-Urundi(ro͞oän`dä-o͞oro͞on`dē), former colonial territory, central Africa, now divided between the independent states of RwandaRwanda, officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,630,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south. ..... Click the link for more information. and BurundiBurundi , officially Republic of Burundi, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,199,000), 10,747 sq mi (27,834 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Rwanda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, on Lake Tanganyika in the southwest, and on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west. ..... Click the link for more information. . The original inhabitants of the area were the Twa, a PygmyPygmy or Pigmy , term used for dark-skinned people who live in equatorial rain forests and average less than 59 in. (150 cm) in height. Some studies make a distinction between Negrillos, who live in Africa, and Negritos, who live in Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the ..... Click the link for more information. people, who around A.D. 1000 were driven into the forests by the numerically superior Hutu, a Bantu-speaking agricultural people who immigrated from the east. Probably in the 15th cent., the pastoral TutsiTutsi or Watutsi , cattle-raising people of central Africa, particularly in Burundi and Rwanda; they are also known as Watusi or Batusi. The original Tutsi homeland was probably in Ethiopia, and c.400 years ago they migrated south to around Lake Kivu. ..... Click the link for more information. entered the area from the north. Although greatly outnumbered by the Hutu, the Tutsi gained dominance over them and by the 19th cent. had established two centralized states, Rwanda and Burundi. The first Europeans to explore the region were Oskar Baumann (in 1892) and Graf von Götzen (in 1894). Germany had gained rights to the region at the Conference of Berlin (1884–85), but only began to administer (as parts of German East AfricaGerman East Africa, former German colony, c.370,000 sq mi (958,300 sq km), E Africa. Dar es Salaam was the capital. German influence emerged in the area in 1884 when Carl Peters, the German explorer, obtained treaties over parts of the territory. ..... Click the link for more information. ) Burundi in 1897 and Rwanda in 1907. During World War I, Belgium conquered (1916) the region, and, in 1924, Ruanda-Urundi was formally constituted a mandate of the League of Nations under Belgian rule. In 1946 it became a UN trust territory. Under neither the German nor the Belgian administrations was the social structure of Burundi altered, but in Rwanda the Hutu in 1960–61 gained dominance over the Tutsi. There was little economic development during the colonial period, but missionaries gained many adherents for Christianity. When Ruanda-Urundi achieved independence on July 1, 1962, it was split into two territories, Rwanda and Burundi, and by 1964 all common administrative bodies had been dissolved. Ruanda-Urundia League of Nations mandate territory under the administration of Belgium from 1922 to 1946. From 1946 to 1962, Ruanda-Urundi was a trust territory of the UN. On June 27, 1962, the UN decided to discontinue the agreement that had established a trusteeship over Ruanda-Urundi. On July 1, 1962, the independent states of Burundi and Rwanda were formed on the territory of Ruanda-Urundi. Ruanda-Urundi |
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