Southern Province, Rwanda

Southern Province
Southern Province
	Landscape near the Burundi border
Country	Rwanda
Capital	Nyanza
Districts	List 1. Gisagara; 2. Huye; 3. Kamonyi; 4. Muhanga; 5. Nyamagabe; 6. Nyanza; 7. Nyaruguru; 8. Ruhango;
Government
• Governor	Ms. Alice KAYITESI
Area
• City	5,963 km2 (2,302 sq mi)
Population (2022 census)
• 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; 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 Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare, and is divided into the districts of Huye, Ruhango, Nyamagabe, Gisagara, Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza, and 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

Southern Province official website

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

[AreaCalc-1] Area Calculation (see below)

[2] Citypopulation.de Population of Southern Province

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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