Bugesera District

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Bugesera District
District
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Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
Country Rwanda
Province Eastern
Capital Nyamata
Area
 •  District
1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census) [1]
 •  District
551,103
 • Density427.9/km2 (1,108/sq mi)
 •  Urban
221,227

Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. It is one of the 30 districts in Rwanda and its capital is Nyamata and is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera. [2]

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The district is the location of two memorial sites of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi at Ntarama and Nyamata.

Geography

Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata. [3]

It borders Burundi, Kicukiro district, Ngoma district, and Kamonyi district in the South, North, East and West respectively.

It is 1337 km2 in size and inhabited by 551,103 [4] people (from the population census in 2022).

The area is prone to droughts as it has a higher average daytime temperature than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation.[ citation needed ] It is a rain deficit risk zone in Rwanda, having experienced 3 droughts in the last 20 years [5]

Sectors

Nyamata Genocide Memorial Site Nyamata Genocide Herdenkingssite.jpg
Nyamata Genocide Memorial Site

Bugesera district is divided into 15 sectors (imirenge):[ according to whom? ] Gashora, Juru, Kamabuye, Ntarama, Mareba, Mayange, Musenyi, Mwogo, Ngeruka, Nyamata, Nyarugenge, Rilima, Ruhuha, Rweru and Shyara.

Economy

Recently, Bugesera will be have industrial district named Bugesera Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) and built by the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) with funding from Indian and South Korean investors. It is 14.83 km2 (1,483 ha; 3,660 acres) wide — located 10 km (5 mi) from new international airport in Bugesera and 50 km (30 mi) from Rwanda's capital, Kigali. [6]

The airport under construction will serve Kigali, 40 km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport in the future.

References

  1. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of Bugesera District
  2. ↑ Twagilimana 2007, p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Data Africa". dataafrica.io. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Menya Akarere". www.bugesera.gov.rw. Archived from the original on 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Rwanda State of Environment and outlook report". www.rema.gov.rw. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  6. ↑ Nkurunziza, Michel (7 August 2022). "Why joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone is timely". The New Times. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

Works cited

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