Northern Province (; ; ) is one of
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...
's five
provinces
A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...
. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.
Northern Province comprises most of the former provinces of
Ruhengeri
Ruhengeri, also known as Musanze or Muhoza, is the third largest city in Rwanda and the capital of Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. The city has a population of 153,368 as of the 2022 census.
Name
Some sources now refer to ...
and
Byumba, along with northern portions of
Kigali Rural. It is divided into the districts of
Burera,
Gicumbi,
Gakenke,
Musanze, and
Rulindo.
The capital city of Northern Province is
Musanze.
The province's official languages are English, French and
Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda. It is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is also spoken in adjacent parts of the Democratic Republic of the ...
.
The governor, appointed by presidential decree, is currently Hon.
Dancilla Nyirarugero.
The preceding governors of Northern province were Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianney,
Claude Musabyimana, Bosenibamwe Aimée, Boniface Rucagu, formerly governor of Ruhengeri Province.
Gatabazi becomes local govt minister as Hakuziyaremye moves to Central Bank
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Provinces of Rwanda
States and territories established in 2006