Key facts
- Country
- Rwanda
- Capital
- Nyanza
- Districts
- List Gisagara Huye Kamonyi Muhanga Nyamagabe Nyanza Nyaruguru Ruhango
- Governor
- Ms. Alice KAYITESI
- Province
- 5,963 km (2,302 sq mi)
- Density
- 503.6/km (1,304/sq mi)
- Urban
- 444,106
- Rural
- 2,558,593
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( CAT )
- Iso 3166 code
- RW-05
- Other settlements
- Butare , Gikongoro , Ruhango
- Hdi 2023
- 0.556 , medium · 4th of 5
- Website
- https://www.southernprovince.gov.rw
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Rwanda
- Named after
- south
- Official name
- Mkoa wa Kusini
- Country
- Rwanda
- Located in
- Rwanda
- Capital
- Nyanza
- Population
- 3002699
- Area
- 6118
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Western Province
- Official website
- www.southernprovince.gov.rw
- Image
- Southern Province, Rwanda.jpg
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- Commons category
- South Province, Rwanda
- topic's main category
- Category:Southern Province, Rwanda
- inception
- 2006-00-00
- native label
- Southern Province
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Southern Province (Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Amajyepfo; French: Province du Sud; Dutch: Zuidelijke Provincie) is one 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.
Southern Province comprises the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare, and is divided into the districts of Huye, Ruhango, Nyamagabe, Gisagara, Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza, and Nyaruguru.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southern Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.