Butare

Butare City
Butare City
City
	Butare City
	Butare City Location in Rwanda
	Coordinates: 2°36′S 29°45′E / 2.600°S 29.750°E
Country	Rwanda
Admin. division	Southern Province
Population (2022 census)
• Total	75,000

Butare (Kinyarwanda: [βú.tɑ́.ɾe]), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 75,000 (2022 census)^[1] in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the fifth largest town in Rwanda by population.

History

The

Queen Astrid of the Belgians.^[2] The government of Rwanda changed the name of the city when it gained independence in 1962.^[3]

Education

The

Nyakibanda Seminary and the Rwandan National Institute of Scientific Research

.

The city of Butare has long been regarded as the intellectual capital of the country, while Kigali holds most political power.

The Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare is the largest secondary school in Rwanda.^{[citation needed]}

Culture

The Ethnographic Museum was built in the early 1990s and is a source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region.

Sports

The city has one professional

football team competing in the top-flight of Rwanda football – Mukura Victory Sports, currently playing in the Rwanda Premier League. It plays its home games at Stade Huye

.

Places of worship

Among the

places of worship, they are predominantly Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare (Catholic Church), (Lutheran Church of Rwanda (Lutheran World Federation), the Anglican Church of Rwanda (Anglican Communion), Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (Baptist World Alliance), Assemblies of God, Church of the Nazarene.^[4] There are also Muslim

mosques.

Transportation

The city is served by Butare Airport, a small civilian airport, administered by the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority.

References

^ ^a ^b "Rwanda: Provinces, Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
^ ^a ^b "Butare, a university town". National University of Rwanda. Archived from the original on January 22, 2001.
^ Britannica, Butare, britannica.com, USA, accessed on June 30, 2019
^ J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 2481

[pop-1] "Rwanda: Provinces, Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

[NURpage-2] "Butare, a university town". National University of Rwanda. Archived from the original on January 22, 2001.

[3] Britannica, Butare, britannica.com, USA, accessed on June 30, 2019

[4] J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 2481

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