Southern Province, Rwanda

Southern Province
—  Province  —
Country Rwanda
Capital Nyanza, Rwanda
Districts
List
Government
 • Governor Fidèle Ndayisaba
Area[1]
 • Total 6,118 km2 (2,362.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)[2]
 • Total 2,266,124
 • Density 370/km2 (958.3/sq mi)
Other settlements Butare, Gikongoro, Ruhango

Southern Province (Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Amajyepfo; French: Province du Sud) is one 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 local government structures.

Southern Province comprises the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare, and is divided into the districts of Butare, Gatagara, Gikongoro, Gisagara, Gitarama, Kamonyi, Nyanza, and Nyaruguru.

The capital city of Southern Province is Nyanza.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Area Calculation (see below)
  2. ^ Southern Province, Republic of Rwanda: "Number of population of Southern Province after a survey conducted within period of September 30th 2007 to October 1st 2007". Statistics. Province official website. Accessed on 2010-03-11.

Area calculation

  • Pixel sizes for provinces taken from traced maps: Northern = 28,547; Eastern = 81,548; Southern = 50,844; Western = 51,798; Kigali = 6,129
  • Total Pixel size for Rwanda = 28,547 + 81,548 + 50,844 + 51,798 + 6,129 = 218,866
  • => Southern Province % of total area: 50,844 / 218,866 = 23.23%
  • Total area of Rwanda = 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi)
    • "Rwanda". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 4 March 2010. Accessed 11 March 2010.
  • => Area of Southern Province = 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi) x 23.23% = 6,118 km2 (2,362 sq mi)

External links

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