Maraba is a region in southern Rwanda. It used to be a district in the Butare Province before a government decentralization programme that re-organized the country's administrative divisions in 2006. It is now a sector of the Huye District in the Southern Province. The closest major city is Butare.
Maraba is most notable for its agricultural industry, which produces Maraba Coffee. [1]
Butare was a province (prefecture) of Rwanda prior to its dissolution in January 2006. Butare city is the second largest city in Rwanda and one of the nation's former twelve provinces. It is located in south-central region of the country and borders Burundi to the south. It had a population of 77.449 as of January 2006.
Maraba may refer to:
Butare, also known as Huye, is a city in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the fourth largest town in Rwanda by population.
Southern Province is one 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 structures.
The five provinces of Rwanda are divided into 30 districts. Each district is in turn divided into sectors, which are in turn divided into cells, which are in turn divided into villages.
Maraba coffee is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a washing station in Maraba, where the coffee beans are extracted and dried. At several stages, the beans are sorted according to quality. The farmers receive credits based on the amount and quality of the beans they provide.
Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of Butare in southern Rwanda. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. The mountain is an important source of mineral water, supplying both the Huye bottled water brand sold throughout Rwanda and the nearby Maraba fair trade coffee plant, whose washing station receives Huye water via a pipeline built using ACDI/VOCA funding in 2002.
Huye may refer to:
The Partnership for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages (PEARL) was a project to promote agricultural improvement in Rwanda.
Gisagara is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its headquarters is Ndora.
Huye is one of the eight districts (Akarere) that make up Rwanda's Southern Province. It has a total surface area of 581.5 square Kilometers. It has thirteen sectors and 77 cells with a total of 508 umudugudus (villages) in total. The district has a population of 328,298, with an average of 581 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest city in the province is Butare.
Muhanga is a district (akarere) in Rwanda. Its administrative centre is located in the city of Muhanga.
Nyamagabe is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gasaka.
Nyaruguru is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kibeho, a pilgrimage site of the Catholic Church.
Ruhango is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Ruhango town, a large settlement on the road between Gitarama and Butare.
Rusizi is a district (akarere) in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyangugu, the major city of the Rwandan south-west and the district contains large parts of the former Cyangugu Province.
These are some of the articles related to Rwanda on the English Wikipedia pages:
Gikongoro Province was one of the former twelve provinces (intara) of Rwanda and is situated in the southwest of the country. The former province had an area of some 2,146 square kilometers. Its population was estimated at 466,451 (1990) and 511,776 (2002) prior to its dissolution in January 2006, with an annual growth rate of .810% between the years of 1990 and 2002. It included 13 "communes" and 125 sectors.
Butare Airport is an airport in Butare, Rwanda.
Sovu is a village in the Huye District of the Southern Province in Rwanda. The village is home to one of four coffee washing stations belonging to the Maraba coffee cooperative, Abahuzamugambi ba kawa, used by around 400 of the cooperatives farmers.
Authority control  |
|
|---|
Coordinates: 2°30′57″S29°41′04″E / 2.5158°S 29.6844°E
 | This Rwanda location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |