47 Rwanda geography stubs

Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata.

Burega is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Lake Burera or Bulera is a lake of northwestern Rwanda, at the border with Uganda. With an area pf 55 km2 (20 sq mi), it is the second largest lake entirely in Rwanda after lake Ihema. Considering all other lakes in the country, it would be the 5th largest after Lake Kivu 2,700 km2 (1,040 sq mi) between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Rweru between Rwanda and Burundi at 133 km2 (50 sq mi) of which only 47 km2 (20 sq mi) are in Rwanda, Lake Ihema and Lake Cohoha 74 km2 (30 sq mi) also shared with Burundi of which only 19 km2 (10 sq mi) are in Rwanda. The lake is located in a densely populated North of the country in Burera District which got its name from this lake. The closet major city is the city of Musanze 25 km (16 mi) West of the lake.

Burera is a district (Akarere) in Northern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyeru.

Busengo is one of the nineteen sectors (imirenge) in Gakenke District, in the Northern Province of Rwanda.

Busogo is a town in the Busogo sector of Musanze district, Northern Province, Rwanda.

Buyoga is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Bwakira is a former commune in western Rwanda. The main town was Birambo. In 1991 the population density was 343 people per square kilometer. During the Rwandan genocide the mayor (burgomaster) of Bwakira ordered mass killings and mass graves to be dug at Birambo.

Byumba Province was one of the 12 former provinces (intara) of Rwanda and was situated in the north of the country, sharing a border with Uganda. It had an area of some 1,796 km2 and its population was estimated at 782,427 prior to its dissolution in January 2006.

Cyangugu is a city and capital of the Rusizi District in Western Province, Rwanda. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Kivu, and is contiguous with Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but separated from it by the Ruzizi River. Two bridges and a dam cross the river frontier.

Cyangugu Province was one of the 12 former provinces of Rwanda. In 2006, it became part of the Western Province. It bordered Bukavu, a town located in East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Cyungo is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Cyuve is a town and sector in the Musanze district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Mount Gahinga is a dormant/extinct volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. Gahinga lies between Muhabura and Sabyinyo, but is the smallest of these three. Mount Gahinga, also known in the local Kinyarwanda/Rufumbira dialect as "a small pile of stones", has a swampy caldera on its peak. The caldera is believed to be about 180 m (591 ft) wide. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park also got its name from this volcano. Mount Gahinga, whose elevation is 3,473 m (11,394 ft), is part of a chain of eight volcanic mountains of the Mufumbiro ranges. The volcano chain spans across Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Gashaki is a town and sector in the Musanze district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Gikongoro Province was one of the former twelve provinces (intara) of Rwanda and is situated in the southwest of the country. The former province had an area of some 2,146 square kilometers. Its population was estimated at 466,451 (1990) and 511,776 (2002) prior to its dissolution in January 2006, with an annual growth rate of .810% between the years of 1990 and 2002. It included 13 "communes" and 125 sectors.

Gisenyi Province was one of the 12 provinces of Rwanda prior to 2006. It is now part of the Western Province.

Kabarore is a town in Rwanda. It is the headquarters of Gatsibo District.

Kabuga is a town in the Gasabo and Kicukiro districts, Kigali City, Rwanda.

Kibungo Municipality was a municipality within the Rwandan Kibungo Province.

The Province of Kibuye was, between 2002 and 2006, one of the 12 provinces of Rwanda. Kibuye, Rwanda was the "capital" . The territorial reform on 1 January 2006 merged the province with the provinces of Cyangugu and Gisenyi, to create the new Western Province.

Kigali-Rural Province, known in Kinyarwanda as Kigali-Ngali, was a province that surrounds the city of Kigali, Rwanda. It was abolished in 2006, along with other existing provinces at the time, in favour of a system of redrawn provinces.

Lake Cyohoha South or Cyohoha Sud as it is known in Rwanda or Lake Cohoha in Burundi is a small lake in East Africa. It straddles the border between Burundi and Rwanda. In Rwanda, it is known as Cyohoha South to differentiate it from the nearby much smaller Cyohoha North 10 miles North into Rwanda. In Burundi, it is simply known as Cohoha. It is a narrow yet very long lake with many branches. It is 32 km (20 mi) in length, and has an average of 1 km (1 mi) in width. it is largely bisected by the border between Rwanda and Burundi, however, its southern portion extends entirely into Burundi. The lake is 74 km2 (30 sq mi), of which 19 km2 (10 sq mi) are in Rwanda and 55 km2 (20 sq mi) belong to Burundi.

Lake Ihema is a lake in the east of Rwanda, at the border with Tanzania. The lake lies within the marshland of the Kagera River in which it empties via a very short channel. With an area of 100 km2 (40 sq mi), it is the largest lake entirely in Rwanda. Considering all other lakes in the country, it would be the 3rd largest after Lake Kivu 2,700 km2 (1,040 sq mi) between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lake Rweru between Rwanda and Burundi at 133 km2 (50 sq mi) of which only 47 km2 (20 sq mi) are in Rwanda. The lake is located in Kayonza District in the southern part of Akagera National Park which contains more than another dozen of lakes, of which Ihema is the largest.

Maraba is a region in southern Rwanda. It used to be a district in the Butare Province before a government decentralization programme that re-organized the country's administrative divisions in 2006. It is now a sector of the Huye District in the Southern Province. The closest major city is Butare.

Masoro is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda. The Masoro Project is an ongoing project run by Indiegogo using Earthbag construction in order to create easy to build, two floor houses for the people of Masoro.

Mbogo is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of Butare in southern Rwanda. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. The mountain is an important source of mineral water, supplying both the Huye bottled water brand sold throughout Rwanda and the nearby Maraba fair trade coffee plant, whose washing station receives Huye water via a pipeline built using ACDI/VOCA funding in 2002.

Lake Mugesera is a lake in the Eastern Province, Rwanda.

Ndera is one of the 15 sectors that make up the district of Gasabo found in kigali city. About 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the capital,

Cell of headquarter building

Ntarabana is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Nyabihu is a district (akarere) in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Mukamira. Nyabihu district is divided into 12 sectors (imirenge): Bigogwe, Jenda, Jomba, Kabatwa, Karago, Kintobo, Mukamira, Muringa, Rambura, Rugera, Rurembo and Shyira.These sectors are themselves separated in 73 cells and 474 villages also called “imidugudu

Nyanza is a town located in Nyanza District in the Southern Province of Rwanda. Nyanza is the capital of the Southern Province.

Ruhango is a town and capital of the Ruhango District in Southern Province, Rwanda.

Ruhengeri is a city and capital of Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Some sources now refer to the city itself as Musanze, after the district in which it lies. This has to do with the adopted policy of renaming Rwanda cities, which was done to eliminate terrible memories of the past and to install new administrational infrastructure in the country. Ruhengeri (Musanze) lies near the twin lakes of Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo and is the gateway city to Volcanoes National Park and the famous mountain gorillas in the north-western part of the country.

Lake Ruhondo or Luhondo is a lake of northwestern Rwanda. It is located near Lake Bulera on the outskirts of Musanze.

The Rukarara River is a river in western Rwanda that is a tributary of the Mwogo River, in turn a tributary of the Nyabarongo River. It is the most distant headwater of the Nile.

Rusiga is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Rusizi is a district (akarere) in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyangugu, the major city of the Rwandan south-west and the district contains large parts of the former Cyangugu Province.

Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the capital.

Save is one of the first Catholic missions in Rwanda. It is a few miles north of the town of Butare, and in the west of the Gisagara District of Southern Province, Rwanda. There is a church, several schools and a health center.

Shyorongi is a town and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Tare, Rwanda is a town and sector and capital of Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Tumba is a village and sector in the Rulindo district of Northern Province, Rwanda.

Until January 2006, Umutara Province was one of the 12 provinces (intara) of Rwanda. However, due to local government reorganization, this area is now part of the new larger Eastern Province.

Western Province 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.