Key facts
- Country
- Rwanda
- Capital
- Rwamagana
- Districts
- List Bugesera Gatsibo Kayonza Kirehe Ngoma Nyagatare Rwamagana
- Governor
- Pudence Rubingisa (14 December 2023-)
- Province
- 9,458 km (3,652 sq mi)
- Density
- 376.7/km (975.7/sq mi)
- Urban
- 745,935
- Rural
- 2,817,210
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( CAT )
- Iso 3166 code
- RW-02
- Other settlements
- Kibungo , Nyagatare , Nyamata , Gahini , Kabarore , Kagitumba
- Hdi 2023
- 0.570 , medium · 2nd of 5
- Website
- https://www.easternprovince.gov.rw
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Eastern Province ( in Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Iburasirazuba; French: Province de l'Est; Dutch: 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.