Bwakira is a former commune in western

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 ...

. The main town was Birambo. In 1991 the population density was 343 people per square kilometer. During the

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 ...

the mayor (burgomaster) of Bwakira ordered mass killings and mass graves to be dug at Birambo.

References

Citations Sources * * * Populated places in Rwanda {{Rwanda-geo-stub