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Southern Province, Rwanda

Province of Rwanda

Summary

Province of Rwanda

Field	Value
name	Southern Province
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Province
image_skyline	Southern Province, Rwanda.jpg
image_caption	Landscape near the Burundi border
image_map	Rwanda SouthProvDists.png
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Rwanda
established_title	Formed
established_date	2006
parts_type	Districts
parts_style	list
parts
p1	Gisagara
p2	Huye
p3	Kamonyi
p4	Muhanga
p5	Nyamagabe
p6	Nyanza
p7	Nyaruguru
p8	Ruhango
seat_type	Capital
seat	Nyanza
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Ms. Alice KAYITESI
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	5963
population_footnotes
population_total	3002699
population_urban	444106
population_rural	2558593
population_as_of	2022 census
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CAT
utc_offset	+02:00
iso_code	RW-05
blank_name_sec1	Other settlements
blank_info_sec1	Butare, Gikongoro, Ruhango
blank_name_sec2	HDI (2023)
blank_info_sec2	0.556
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website	https://www.southernprovince.gov.rw

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Southern 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.

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.

References

Area Calculation (see below)
[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/admin/2__sud/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Southern Province
"Global Data Lab: Sub-national HDI". Institute for Management Research, [[Radboud University]].

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