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Kigali province

* Kigali (capital) * Kicukiro *
Rutongo Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about from the capital. History The Rutongo Mines company mined a deposit of cassiterite Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but ...
* Kacyiru


Southern province

* Huye (provincial capital) *
Muhanga Muhanga (former Gitarama, renamed in 2006) is a city in Rwanda, in the Muhanga District, in Southern Province. The city is above sea level. Though officially part of the Southern Province, Muhanga is geographically in central Rwanda, approxi ...
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Kamonyi Kamonyi is a district (''akarere'') in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kamonyi, also sometimes known as Gihinga. Sectors Kamonyi district is divided into 12 sectors Sector may refer to: Places * Sector, West Virginia, U.S. Geometr ...
* Ruhango *
Butare Butare (), also known as Huye, is a city (population: 50,220 as of 2012) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the fourth largest town in Rwanda by population. History The Belgian colonial rulers establish ...
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Gisagara Gisagara is a district (''akarere'') in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its headquarters is Ndora. Geography The district lies just to the East of Butare city, along the border with Burundi. Where of gisagara district office building ,sector, ce ...
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Nyaruguru Nyaruguru is a Districts of Rwanda, district (''akarere'') in Southern Province, Rwanda, Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kibeho, a pilgrimage site of the Catholic Church. Geography The district is the most southerly in Rwanda, lying b ...
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Nyamagabe Nyamagabe is a district (''akarere'') in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gasaka. Geography, flora and fauna The district lies between Butare and Cyangugu in the south-west of Rwanda, and contains much of the former Gikongoro Provin ...
*Nyanza


Northern province

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Byumba Byumba is a city in northern Rwanda, 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. This location lies approximately , south of the International border with U ...
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Ruhengeri Ruhengeri, also known as Musanze or Muhoza, is a city and capital of Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Some sources now refer to the city itself as Musanze, after the district in which it lies within. This has to do with the a ...


Western province

* Kibuye (provincial capital) *
Cyangugu Cyangugu (formerly Shangugu) is a city and capital of the Rusizi District in Western Province, Rwanda. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Kivu, and is contiguous with Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but separated from it by th ...
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Gisenyi Gisenyi, historically rendered as Kisenyi, is a city in Rubavu district in Rwanda's Western Province. Gisenyi is contiguous with Goma, the city across the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview The city features a resort on t ...


Eastern province

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Rwamagana Rwamagana is a city and capital of both the Rwamagana District and the Eastern Province in Rwanda Description Rwamagana lies approximately from Kigali, on the newly renovated road leading east towards Tanzania. There was formerly a large am ...
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Kibungo Kibungo is a town in the Republic of Rwanda. It is the political, administrative and commercial capital of Ngoma District. In 1998, Kibungo became the site of at least four of Rwanda's last 22 executions. All of the convicts were executed for cri ...


Cities in Rwanda by population


See also

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Geography of Rwanda Rwanda is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the co-ordinates . At , Rwanda is the world's 149th-largest country. It is comparable in size to Haiti or the state of Massachusetts in the United States. Th ...
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List of cities in East Africa The following is a list of the largest cities by population and of East Africa#Countries.2C capitals and largest cities, capital cities in the geographic region of East Africa. Because population counts in each country occur at different times, th ...
* Urban planning in Africa: Rwanda


References

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Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...