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Southern Province, Rwanda

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Country
  
Rwanda

Area
  
5,963 km²

Capital
  
Nyanza

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Districts
  
List 1. Gisagara 2. Huye 3. Kamonyi 4. Muhanga 5. Nyamagabe 6. Nyanza 7. Nyaruguru 8. Ruhango

Other settlements
  
Butare, Gikongoro, Ruhango

University
  
National University of Rwanda

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