Rutongo is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

on the outskirts of the

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 ...

urban area 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 ...

. 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 it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains ...

. In 1948, in his story ''The New Congo'', the journalist Tom Marvel wrote about this "...beautiful mine, as ''Richesses of Rwanda''".; The city houses the Rutongo Major Propaedeutic Seminary.

References

Bibliography

* ''Approche socio-économique : secteur artisanal, Commune de Rutongo'', Association de coopération et de recherche pour le développement (Rwanda), 1987, 194 p.

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Kigali Province Populated places in Rwanda {{Rwanda-geo-stub