Southern Province, Rwanda

Coordinates: 2°37′19″S 29°36′29″E / 2.62194°S 29.60806°E / -2.62194; 29.60806
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Southern Province
Province
Landscape near the Burundi border
Landscape near the Burundi border
CountryRwanda
CapitalNyanza
Districts
List
  • 1.
    Ruhango
Government
 • GovernorMs. Alice KAYITESI
Area
[1]
 • Province
5,963 km2 (2,302 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)[2]
 • Province
3,002,699
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
444,106
 • Rural
2,558,593
Other settlementsButare, 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

  1. ^ Area Calculation (see below)
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Southern Province
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.


2°37′19″S 29°36′29″E / 2.62194°S 29.60806°E / -2.62194; 29.60806

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