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Ngoma District
Ngoma is a district (''akarere'') in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kibungo. Sectors Ngoma district is divided into 14 sectors (''imirenge''): Gashanda, Jarama, Karembo, Kazo, Kibungo, Mugesera, Murama, Mutenderi, Remera, Rukira, Rukumberi, Rurenge, Sake and Zaza Zaza may refer to: Ethnic group * Zazas, a group of people in eastern Anatolia (southeastern Turkey) * Zaza–Gorani languages, Indo-Iranian languages ** Zaza language, spoken by the Zazas People Given name * Zaza Sor. Aree (born 1993), Thai k .... External links * Ngoma District government website {{coord, 2, 11, S, 30, 28, E, display=title, region:RW_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki Eastern Province, Rwanda Districts of Rwanda ...
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District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ...
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Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the soubriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on of land, and is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth most densely populated country in the world. One million people live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the St ...
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Eastern Province, Rwanda
Eastern Province ( rw, Intara y'Iburasirazuba; french: Province de l'Est; nl, Oostelijke Provincie) 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.Briggs and Booth 2006 p6 A ...
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Kibungo
Kibungo is a town in the Republic of Rwanda. It is the political, administrative and commercial capital of Ngoma District. In 1998, Kibungo became the site of at least four of Rwanda's last 22 executions. All of the convicts were executed for crimes related to the 1994 genocide. Location Kibungo is located in Ngoma District, Eastern Province. Its location lies in the southeastern part of Rwanda, along the main road (B3) from Kigali in Rwanda, to Nyakasanza, in Tanzania. Kibungo lies approximately by road southeast of Kigali, the capital and largest city of Rwanda. Population , the population of Kibungo is estimated at 46,240. Places of interest * The offices of Ngoma District Administration * The offices of Kibungo City Council * Kibungo Central Market * Ngoma Prison * A branch of Bank of Kigali, the largest commercial bank in the country * A branch of Urwego Opportunity Bank, a commercial bank * A branch of Banque Populaire du Rwanda, a commercial bank * The main campus of t ...
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Sectors Of Rwanda
Sectors (Kinyarwanda: ''Imirenge'', sing. ''umurenge'', French: ''Secteurs'') are the third level administrative subdivision in Rwanda. The Provinces of Rwanda are subdivided into 30 district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...s (Rwanda: ''uturere'', sing. ''akarere''). Each district is in turn divided into sectors. There are 416 Sectors. This entire administrative structure is undergoing a process of decentralisation – devolving greater authority to local governments and municipalities – following an administrative reorganisation begun in 2002.Rwanda Territorial Reform
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Zaza, Rwanda
Zaza is a community in Rwanda to the east of Lake Mugesera and about west of Kibungo. It is in the Ngoma District of the Eastern Province of Rwanda. The White Fathers founded a mission at Zaza in January 1902, where they taught the local people reading, writing and the gospel. A huge number of local laborers were recruited to assist in building the mission, causing friction with the local notables. At first, the priests were not particularly selective in baptizing people. After several hundred had been baptized at Zara, Bishop John Joseph Hirth John Joseph Hirth (french: Jean-Joseph Hirth; 26 March 1854 – 6 January 1931) was a Catholic Bishop in German East Africa, known as the founder of the church in Rwanda. Early years John Joseph Hirth was born on 26 March 1854 at Spechbach-le- ... asked them to baptise fewer but of better quality. Zaza was the birthplace of Aloys Bigirumwami, the first Rwandan to become a bishop. Later the Carmelite sisters founded a monastery at Z ...
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Rwandan Boy On Bicycle (Rwinkwavu, Feb
Rwandan or Rwandese may refer to: * Related to, from, or connected to Rwanda, a country in Africa * Banyarwanda, inhabitants of the country Rwanda and those of Rwandan ethnicity. * Kinyarwanda, the language of the Banyarwanda, sometimes known as the Rwandan language. See also * Rwandan cuisine * Rwandan music * Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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