Mass Grave and Flame Monument - Nyanza Genocide Memorial Site - Kicukiro District - Kigali - Rwanda

Kicukiro District is one of the three

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 which constitute the City of Kigali and is situated in the South-East of the City of Kigali. Is a

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 ...

(''akarere'') located in

Kigali Province 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 is a relatively new city. It has ...

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. Kicukiro is home to a thriving market, a number of NGOs(Non-Government Organizations) and the Bralirwa Brewery. In addition, it is the headquarters for the Friends Church in Rwanda. Kicukiro District is also home to two major memorial sites associated with the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Gre ...

. These are the Rebero Genocide Memorial Site where 14,400 victims are buried, and the Nyanza Genocide Memorial Site where 5,000 victims were killed after Belgian soldiers who were serving in the

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peacekeeping forces abandoned them.

Geography

This district is located in the south-east city of

Kigali Kigali () is the Capital (political), 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 is a relativ ...

, the capital of Rwanda. It is made up to ten (10) administrative sectors (Imirenge), Kagarama, Niboye, Gatenga, Gikondo, Gahanga, Kanombe, Nyarugunga, Kigarama, Masaka, 41cells (Utugali) and 333 Administrative villages (imidugudu). The district covers a total area of 166.7 km2 with about 319,661 inhabitants. It was established by Organic Law n°29/2005 organizing the administrative entities of the

Republic of Rwanda A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...

, at the start of the second phase of

decentralization Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and gi ...

in January 2006.

Population

The 4th

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and Housing

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(PHC) has enumerated 318,564 residents in Kicukiro district, which represents 28.4% of the total

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

Kigali City Kigali () is the Capital (political), 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 is a relativ ...

(1,132,686 residents). The

of Kicukiro district is predominantly male: 163,445 are men corresponding to 51.3% of the total population.

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s are predominant in Masaka (50.6%) and Gahanga (50.2%) sectors. Gatenga, Kanombe, Kigarama, Nyarugunga and Masaka are the most populated sectors with more than 39 thousands residents each. Kagarama and Gikondo are the last populated sectors in Kicukiro district (14,385 and 17,146 inhabitants respectively). Each of them represents 4.5% of the total resident population of Kicukiro district.

Topography and climate

The hydrographs of the District are largely constituted by streams and rivers which form a part of the basin of the Akagera River. The main rivers are the Akagera and the

Nyabarongo The Nyabarongo (or Nyawarungu) is a major river in Rwanda, part of the upper headwaters of the Nile. With a total length of , it is the longest river entirely in Rwanda. It is extended in Lake Rweru including a upper course of Kagera River befo ...

, which flows through the city of

from

Lake Muhazi Lake Muhazi () is a long, thin shallow lake in the east of Rwanda. The bulk of the lake lies in the Eastern Province, with the western end forming the border between the Northern and Kigali Provinces.UN Field Support It is a flooded valley lak ...

. The District has four seasons. Two rainy seasons and two dry seasons, alternating in the following manner: Small dry season: December, January and February Big rainy season March, April and May Big Dry

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June, July, August and September Small rainy

October and November. These seasons are often irregular due to world climate changes. Lower or higher limits of each Season cannot be determined accurately. The rainy season may drag on into the dry season and vice versa. Average temperature is 22 °C for a rainfall varying between 900 and 1150 mm of annual rain.

Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre (IPRC)

The 4th

and Housing

(PHC) has enumerated 318,564 residents in Kicukiro district, which represents 28.4% of the total

(1,132,686 residents). The

of Kicukiro district is predominantly male: 163,445 are men corresponding to 51.3% of the total population.

s are predominant in Masaka (50.6%) and Gahanga (50.2%)

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. Gatenga, Kanombe, Kigarama, Nyarugunga and Masaka are the most populated sectors with more than 39 thousands residents each. Kagarama and Gikondo are the last populated sectors in Kicukiro district (14,385 and 17,146 inhabitants respectively). Each of them represents 4.5% of the total resident population of Kicukiro district.

Education (some universities)

Kicukiro College of Technology

Kicukiro College of

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is one of only two colleges of technology in Rwanda. The college opened in October 2008.

Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre (IPRC)

IPRC was initially established by the

Government of Rwanda A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a mea ...

in 2008 as "Kicukiro College of Technology (KCT)". Its core mission of the college was to develop and provide professional technical education at the level of diploma (A1). The

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

inherited the existing physical

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

from the ETO Kicukiro which seized to operate as a Technical Secondary School in 1994 when almost all of its equipment was vandalized during the

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

. After the genocide two secondary schools used the infrastructure consecutively up to January 2008. In July 2008, the Government of Rwanda (GoR) decided to integrate Technical education, Vocational Education and Training into an integrated (TVET) system. Currently the college is among the two existing and operational Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre (IPRC) in the country with its Mission and Vision changed to reflect its IPRC.

References

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— Province, District and Sector information from ''MINALOC'', the Rwanda ministry of local government. {{coord, 2, 00, S, 30, 09, E, display=title, region:RW_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki Kigali Province Districts of Rwanda