Mwiri (

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 ...

''Umurenge wa Mwiri'') is one of the 12

sectors Sector may refer to: Places * Sector, West Virginia, U.S. Geometry * Circular sector, the portion of a disc enclosed by two radii and a circular arc * Hyperbolic sector, a region enclosed by two radii and a hyperbolic arc * Spherical sector, a ...

Kayonza District Kayonza is a district (''akarere'') located in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Mukarange.The population of Kayonza District is projected to 457,156 people in 2022, living in 12 sectors (''imirenge''): Gahini, Kabare, Kabarondo, Mukaran ...

in the

Eastern Province, Rwanda Eastern Province ( in ; ; ) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated 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 loca ...

Geography

Mwiri covers an area of 514.8 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,570 m. The sector is divided into four cells: Kageyo, Migera, Nyamugari and Nyawera. It borders Murundi to the north,

Ndego Ndego (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Ndego) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Geography Ndego covers an area of 177.1 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,380 m. The sector is divided into fo ...

to the southeast, Kabare to the south,

Rwinkwavu Rwinkwavu (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Rwinkwavu) is one of the 12 sectors in the district of Kayonza in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Geography Rwinkwavu sector covers an area of 92.32 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,430 m. Th ...

and

Nyamirama Nyamirama (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Nyamirama) is one of the 12 Sectors of Rwanda, sectors in Kayonza District, Kayonza Eastern Province, Rwanda, District in Rwanda's Eastern Province, Rwanda, Eastern Province. Geography Nyamirama cover ...

to the south-east,

Mukarange Mukarange (Kinyarwanda Umurenge wa Mukarange) is a town and sector in Kayonza District in Rwanda's Eastern Province. It is the capital of the district. Geography Mukarange covers an area of 53.8 km2 and lies at an altitude of about ...

to the west and Gahini to the northwest. In the east, the sector borders the Kagera Nile, which roughly forms the border with

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. The eastern half of Mwiri is part of the

Akagera National Park Akagera National Park is a protected area in eastern Rwanda covering along the international border with Tanzania. It was founded in 1934 and includes savannah, montane and swamp habitats. The park is named for the Kagera River which flows along ...

. Ihema Lake is located in this area. Other smaller lakes in the sector include, from north to south, Murambya, Murambi, Birengero and Shakani Lakes.

Demographics

The census in 2022 put the population at 37,931. Ten years earlier, it was 22,933, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 5.2 percent between 2012 and 2022.

Transport

The National Road 25 runs through the sector in a north–south direction.

References

{{reflist Sectors of Rwanda Eastern Province, Rwanda