Ruramira (
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 Ruramira) 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 ...
in
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
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 ...
's
Eastern Province.
Geography
Ruramira covers an area of 41.57 km
2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,550 m. The sector is divided into four cells:
Bugambira,
Nkamba
Nkamba, also Nkamba New Jerusalem, is a town in the province of Kongo Central of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The town is the birthplace of Simon Kimbangu and has become the spiritual headquarters of Kimbanguism
Kimbanguism () is a Chri ...
,
Ruyonza and
Umubuga. It borders the sector of
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 north,
Kabarondo
Kabarondo is a town and sector in the Republic of Rwanda.
Location
Kabarondo is located in Kayonza District, Eastern Province. It is in the southeastern part of Rwanda, along the main road (RN3) from Kigali in Rwanda, to Nyakasanza, in Tanzania ...
to the east,
Remera
Remera is a village and sector in Ngoma District, Eastern Province 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 Af ...
to the south,
Munyaga to the southwest,
Kigabiro to the west and
Muhazi to the northwest.
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Demographics
The census in 2022 put the population at 21,185. Ten years earlier, it was 16,937, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 2.3 percent between 2012 and 2022.
References
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Sectors of Rwanda
Eastern Province, Rwanda