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Prior to 2002, Rwanda was composed of prefectures, subprefectures (which were sometimes called "districts") [1] and 154 communes (Kinyarwanda: imijyi, sing. umujyi ). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2002, communes were replaced by two kinds of divisions called districts and municipalities ( Kinyarwanda : akarere and umujyi ). [ 2 ]
The provinces of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: intara) are divided into districts (akarere) and municipalities (umujyi). Prior to January 1, 2006, Rwanda was composed of 12 provinces . The Rwandan government decided to establish new provinces in an attempt to address issues that arose from the genocide against the Tutsis .
Rwanda's provinces are: Northern Province; Eastern Province; Southern Province; Western Province; Kigali Province; Prior to 1 January 2006, Rwanda was composed of twelve provinces (known as prefectures up to 2001), but these were abolished in full and redrawn as part of a program of decentralization and reorganization.
Eastern Province ( in Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Iburasirazuba; French: Province de l'Est; Dutch: Oostelijke Provincie) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated of Rwanda's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government ...
The Kagera and Ruvubu rivers, part of the upper Nile Enlargeable, detailed map of Rwanda. The watershed between the major Congo and Nile drainage basins runs from north to south through Rwanda, with around 80 percent of the country's area draining into the Nile and 20 percent into the Congo via the Rusizi River. [7]
This is a list of the districts of Rwanda by population as of August 15, 2012, the date of the 2012 Rwanda population and housing census. [1] Gasabo District of Kigali City is the most populous district with more than half a million people, while Nyarugenge of Kigali City is the least populous. This list compares the results from 2012 census ...
The Provinces of Rwanda are subdivided into 30 districts (Rwanda: uturere, sing. akarere). Each district is in turn divided into sectors. There are 416 Sectors. [1]
Rwanda is a small landlocked sovereign country located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. [1] Home to approximately 10.1 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, with most of the population engaged in subsistence ...