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Eastern Province, Rwanda

Province of Rwanda

Summary

Province of Rwanda

FieldValue
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->nameEastern Province
native_nameIntara y'Iburasirazuba
native_name_lang
settlement_typeProvince
image_mapRwanda EastProvDists.png
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameRwanda
established_titleFormed
established_date2006
founder
parts_typeDistricts
parts_stylelist
parts
p1Bugesera
p2Gatsibo
p3Kayonza
p4Kirehe
p5Ngoma
p6Nyagatare
p7Rwamagana
seat_typeCapital
seatRwamagana
leader_titleGovernor
leader_namePudence Rubingisa (14 December 2023-)
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km29458
population_footnotes
population_total3563145
population_urban745935
population_rural2817210
population_as_of2022 census
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCAT
utc_offset+02:00
iso_codeRW-02
blank_name_sec1Other settlements
blank_info_sec1Kibungo, Nyagatare, Nyamata, Gahini, Kabarore, Kagitumba
blank_name_sec2HDI (2023)
blank_info_sec20.570
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websitehttps://www.easternprovince.gov.rw

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Eastern Province ( in ; ; ) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated 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.

It has seven districts: Bugesera, Gatsibo, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Nyagatare and Rwamagana. The capital city of the Eastern Province is Rwamagana.

The Eastern Province comprises the former provinces of Kibungo and Umutara, most of Kigali Rural, and part of Byumba.

The Akagera National Park is situated is this province.

History

It is not known when the territory of present day Rwanda was first inhabited, but it is thought that humans moved into the area following the last ice age either in the Neolithic period, around ten thousand years ago, or in the long humid period which followed, up to around 3000 BC. Archaeological excavations have revealed evidence of sparse settlement by hunter gatherers in the late Stone Age, followed by a larger population of early Iron Age settlers, who produced dimpled pottery and iron tools. By the 17th century it is thought that most of Rwanda was inhabited, with a fairly even spread of population across the hills of the country.

List of the Eastern Province Districts by Population (2012)

Rank in Eastern Province
Districts,
2012
Rank in
Rwanda
Districts,
2012
District
Population
15 August 2012
Population,
15 August 2002
Population Change
2002-2012
(%)
Population Density
2012
(km2)
Population Density
Rank,
Eastern Province
2012
Nyagatare466,944255,10483.02436
Gatsibo433,997283,45653.12755
Bugesera363,339266,77536.22824
Kayonza346,751209,72365.31797
Ngoma340,983235,10944.03902
Kirehe338,562229,46848.62883
Rwamagana310,238220,50240.74551
Total-Eastern Province2,660,8141,700,13753.0275-

References

  1. Area Calculation (see below)
  2. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/admin/5__est/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Eastern Province
  3. "Global Data Lab: Sub-national HDI". Institute for Management Research, [[Radboud University]].
  4. Briggs and Booth 2006 p6
  5. Chrétien p44
  6. Dorsey p36
  7. Chrétien p45
  8. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BfQQPX1IvvkC&pg=PA16 Vansina p16]
  9. "2012 Population and Housing Census (Provisional Results) | National Institute of Statistics Rwanda".
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