Rwamagana
| Rwamagana | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : |
 Rwanda
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| Province : | Ostruanda |
| Area : | 87 km² |
| Residents : | 50.081 |
| Time zone : | UTC / GMT 2:00 |
Rwamagana is a city in eastern Rwanda . The city is located about 50 kilometers east of Kigali and is the capital of the Eastern Province . Rwamagana has about 50,000 inhabitants.
Rwamanga is on the main transit route from Kigali to Tanzania , over which the majority of the goods traffic from Tanzania runs. As part of the last renovation of the road, a bypass road was built around Rwamagana, so that freight and transit traffic no longer runs through the city center.
| year | Residents |
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| 1978 | 5,683 |
| 1991 | 7,684 |
| 2002 | 47.203 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Jeanne D'arc Girubuntu (* 1995), racing cyclist
- Valens Ndayisenga (* 1994), racing cyclist
- Adrien Niyonshuti (* 1987), road cyclist
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Rwamagana - collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 1 ° 57 ′ S , 30 ° 26 ′ E