Southern Province, Rwanda
Southern Province | |
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 Landscape near the Burundi border | |
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| Country | Rwanda |
| Capital | Nyanza |
| Districts | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Ms. Alice KAYITESI |
| Area | |
| • City | 5,963 km2 (2,302 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census)[2] | |
| • City | 3,002,699 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 444,106 |
| • Rural | 2,558,593 |
| Other settlements | Butare, Gikongoro, Ruhango |
| HDI (2018) | 0.522[3] low · 4th of 5 |
Southern Province (
Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Amajyepfo; French: Province du Sud; Dutch: Zuidelijke Provincie) 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.
Southern Province comprises the former provinces of
Nyaruguru
.
The capital city of Southern Province is Nyanza.
Notes and references
- ^ Area Calculation (see below)
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Southern Province
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
External links
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
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