Byumba is a city in northern

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 ...

, and is the capital of

Gicumbi District Gicumbi is a district (''akarere'') in Northern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Byumba, which is also the provincial capital. Geography The district lies due-north of Kigali, straddling the major road from Kigali to Kampala. It is a hilly dis ...

. It is home to an

SOS Children's Village SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need and protec ...

. The city lies about , north of the capital

Kigali Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...

. This location lies approximately , south of the International border with

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Gatuna Gatuna town is a town in northern Rwanda. It is a border town that sits across from the town of Katuna, in neighboring Uganda. Overview Gatuna is the busiest border crossing in Rwanda. It handles most of Rwanda's imports and exports, since most ...

.Travel Distance Between Byumba And Gatuna
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Population

, the human population in Byumba was estimated at 75,463.

Economic activity

Banque Populaire du Rwanda BPR Bank Rwanda PLC (BPR PLC; rw, Banki y'Abaturage y'u Rwanda), formerly Banque Populaire du Rwanda SA, is a commercial bank in Rwanda. The bank is licensed by the National Bank of Rwanda, the central bank and national banking regulator. Overv ...

(BPR), maintains a branch in Byumba.

Education

* University of Technology and Arts at Byumba ( UTAB)

Notable people

Marie Béatrice Umutesi Marie Béatrice Umutesi (born 1959) is a Rwandan writer writing in French. She was born in Byumba and studied sociology, going on to work in rural development. Considered a "moderate" Hutu, she was forced to flee to Kivu in the Democratic Republ ...

, writer *

Donald Kaberuka Donald P. Kaberuka (born 5 October 1951) is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015. Early life and education Kaberuka was born in Byumba, Rwanda. He studied at the Unive ...

, economist

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