Bugesera District
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Bugesera District
|settlement_type = District
|image_map = BugeseraDist.png
|map_caption = Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Rwanda
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Eastern
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Nyamata
|area_total_km2 = 1288
|population_footnotes = [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/admin/est/57__bugesera/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Bugesera District
|population_as_of = 2022 census
|population_total = 551103
|population_urban = 221227
|population_density_km2 = auto
}}
Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata. The district is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera.{{sfn|Twagilimana|2007|p=21}}
The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.
Geography
Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
The area is prone to droughts as it has a higher average daytime temperature than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
It is the construction site for a new international airport to serve Kigali, 40 km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport in the future.
Sectors
Economy
Recently, Bugesera will be have industrial district named Bugesera Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) and built by the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) with funding from Indian and South Korean investors. It is {{convert|14.83|sqkm|ha acre|abbr=on}} wide — located {{convert|10|km|mi|round=5|abbr=on}} from new international airport in Bugesera and {{convert|50|km|mi|round=5|abbr=on}} from Rwanda's capital, Kigali.{{cite web|title=Why joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone is timely |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/201866/News/why-joint-venture-to-develop-bugesera-special-economic-zone-is-timely |publisher=The New Times |last=Nkurunziza |first=Michel |date=7 August 2022 |access-date=21 June 2024}}
References
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= Works cited =
- {{cite book |last=Twagilimana |first=Aimable |year=2007 |title=Historical Dictionary of Rwanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvQlAgAAQBAJ |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Scarecrow Press |edition=Revised |orig-year=1st pub. 1994 |isbn=978-0810853133 }}
External links
- {{statoids|id=yrw|title=Districts of Rwanda}}
- [http://www.bugesera.gov.rw/index.php?id=39 Bugesera District government website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227134044/http://www.bugesera.gov.rw/index.php?id=39 |date=2021-02-27 }}
- [https://discover.rw/visit-rwanda/ Visit Rwanda]
- [https://bsez-rwanda.com/ Bugesera Special Economic Zone (BSEZ)]
{{Districts of Rwanda}}
{{coord|02|12|18|S|30|08|42|E|type:adm2nd|display=title}}
Category:Eastern Province, Rwanda
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