Administrative division of Rwanda

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current administrative structure
previous administrative structure

The administrative structure of Rwanda was reformed on January 1, 2006. Since then, the country has been divided into five provinces (Kinyarwanda: intara ). These are further subdivided into districts (singular akarere , plural uturere ) and municipalities ( Sg.umujyi , Pl. Imijyi ).

Before January 1, 2006, Rwanda consisted of twelve provinces (which were called prefectures until 2002). The administrative reform is intended to promote decentralization, but also - such as the election of a new flag , national anthem, etc. - to draw a line under the country's recent past with the 1994 genocide . The borders are deliberately designed so that the individual provinces are ethnically mixed.

The current five provinces are:

German Kinyarwanda English French main place
Kigali Kigali Kigali (state capital)
North Intara y'Amajyaruguru North North Byumba
east Intara y'Iburasirazuba East Est Rwamagana
south Intara y'amajyepfo South South Nyanza
west Intara y'Iburengerazuba west Ouest Kibuye

The former provinces were Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Guitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali, Kigali Rural, Ruhengeri and Umutara.

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