Byumba is a city in northern
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
, and is the capital of
Gicumbi District. It is home to an
SOS Children's Village. The city lies about , north of the capital
Kigali
Kigali () is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwanda's economic, cult ...
. This location lies approximately , south of the International border with
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The ...
at
Gatuna.
Travel Distance Between Byumba And Gatuna
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Population
, the human population in Byumba was estimated at 75,463.
Economic activity
Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR), maintains a branch in Byumba.
Education
* University of Technology and Arts at Byumba ( UTAB)
Notable people
* Marie Béatrice Umutesi, writer
* Donald Kaberuka, economist
References
External links
For population
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Northern Province, Rwanda
Populated places in Rwanda