Sectors (

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 ...

: ''Imirenge'', sing. ''umurenge'',

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: ''Secteurs'') are the third level administrative subdivision in

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 ...

Organization

The

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are subdivided into 30

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

s (Rwanda: ''uturere'', sing. ''akarere''). Each district is in turn divided into sectors. There are 416 Sectors.

History

This entire administrative structure is undergoing a process of decentralisation – devolving greater authority to local governments and municipalities – following an administrative reorganisation begun in 2002.Rwanda Territorial Reform
Ministry of Local Government, Government of Rwanda, www.minaloc.gov.rw Accessed 2009-06-08.

References

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