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Bugesera Airport is located in southeastern Rwanda, in Bugesera District, near the town of Rilima. [3] This location is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi), by air, and about 40 kilometres (25 mi), by road, south of Kigali International Airport. [4]
Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata. The district is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera. [2] The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.
The Bugesera kingdom was possibly founded in the 16th century. [2] Its rulers were known as mwami (kings), [6] similarly to the monarchs of other regional states. [7] [8] Accounts of the regional royal lineages have led some historians such as Jan Vansina to the conclusion that Bugesera originally dominated Rwanda, with the latter being a mere dependency ruled by a branch of the Bugeseran ...
It has seven districts: Bugesera, Gatsibo, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Nyagatare and Rwamagana. The capital city of the Eastern Province is Rwamagana. The Eastern Province comprises the former provinces of Kibungo and Umutara, most of Kigali Rural, and part of Byumba. The Akagera National Park is situated is this province.
The system is expected to link, in the future, to Rwanda's two other neighbors, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of the East African Railway Master Plan. With no previously existing railway network, Rwanda is developing its railway system from scratch. [1]
Bugesera may refer to: Bugesera District, Eastern Province, Rwanda; Kingdom of Bugesera, 16th to 18th century kingdom in Central Africa; Bugesera natural region, a ...
Rilima is reachable from Kigali, in about one hour by private car. [6] Among the institutions found in or near the town is the Centre Orthopédique Sainte Marie Rilima (Saint Mary's Othopedic Hospital Rilima), a 70-bed orthopedic hospital that specializes in treating pediatric orthopedic problems, including club foot, bow-legs and others.
Mwogo is a sector in Bugesera District, Eastern Province in Rwanda, with a population of 30,171 (2022 census) and an area of 52.36 square kilometers.It is a remote rural setting bordering Kicukiro district in north, Juru sector in the east, Nyamata and Ntarama sectors in the south.