Butare
Sign in to saveButare (), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population.
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Place details
- Locality
- Huye
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Rwanda
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Butare City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Butare.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Butare City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Rwanda
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rwanda
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Rwanda
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Admin. division
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Key dates
- Inception
- 1920
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Butare
- Country
- Rwanda
- Located in
- Huye District
- Population
- +19937
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Butare Province
- Image
- Butare.jpg
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Butare (), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population.
==History== The Belgian colonial rulers established it in the 1920s and named the city Astrida, in honour of Queen Astrid of the Belgians. The government of Rwanda changed the name of the city when it gained independence in 1962.