Gatore
02°19′55″S 30°34′26″E / 2.33194°S 30.57389°E
Gatore | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Rwanda |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kirehe District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64.0 km2 (24.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,460 m (4,790 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
| • Total | 31,687 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Location of Gatore (red) within Kirehe district
Gatore is one of the 12 sectors in Kirehe district in Eastern Province in Rwanda.
Geography
[edit]Gatore covers an area of 64.0 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,460 m. The sector is divided into six cells: Curazo, Cyunuzu, Muganza, Nyamiryango, Rwabutazi and Rwantonde. It borders Kirehe to the northeast, Musaza to the east, Gahara to the southwest, Mutenderi to the west and Murama to the northwest.[1][2][3]
Demographics
[edit]The population was 31,687 at the census of 2022. Ten years earlier, it had been 26,923, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.6 percent between 2012 and 2022.[1][4]
Transport
[edit]National Road 4 runs through the north of the sector in an east-west direction.[5][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren". citypopulation.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ a b "Gatore". GeoNames. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Menya Kirehe". kirehe.gov.rw (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "RPHC5 - District Profile - Kirehe". National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Classified Road Network Map 2022" (PDF). rtda.gov.rw. Rwanda Transport Development Agency. Archived from the original (PDF; 39,6 MB) on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-10-19.