Area 5,963 km² | ||
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Team Mukura Victory Sports F.C. Points of interest Nyungwe Forest, Ethnographic Museum, King's Palace Museum, Akanyaru River, Mount Huye | ||
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.
Map of Southern Province, Rwanda
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.
References
Southern Province, Rwanda Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA