Mugina, Kigali
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| official_name = Mugina
| settlement_type = Sector and town
| pushpin_map = Rwanda
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rwanda
| coordinates = {{coord|2.11314|S|29.95498|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type =
Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Rwanda}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 =
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Kamonyi
| area_total_km2 = 89.75 | population_as_of = 2022 census | population_footnotes =
| population_note = (2012 census) | population_total = 45894 | population_urban = 14,755
| population_density_km2 = auto
}}
Mugina is a sector and town in Kamonyi District, Southern Province, Rwanda{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-11187531.html|title=Mindat.org|website=www.mindat.org}} and a suburb of Kigali. The town had a population of 14,755 in the 2012 census, while the sector had a population of 45,894 in the 2022 census.{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/kamonyi/2805__mugina/|title=Mugina (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/cities/?cityid=33789|title=Rwanda (Cities & Urban Localities) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de}}
History
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, a major massacre occurred in Mugina, during which houses with women and children inside were burned. In total, thousands of people had been killed. On 3 October 2023, Pierre-Claver Karangwa was arrested in the Netherlands for his role in this massacre.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwandan-genocide-suspect-arrested-netherlands-2023-10-03/|title=Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in the Netherlands|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=3 October 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-03 |title=Oud-legerofficier Rwanda opgepakt in Ermelo in verband met genocide |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2492719-oud-legerofficier-rwanda-opgepakt-in-ermelo-in-verband-met-genocide |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}
Notable people
Mugina is the birthplace of army officers Augustin Bizimungu and Ildephonse Hategekimana, both of whom were major perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide.{{cite web|url=http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/Docs/ICTR/Bizimungu_Indictment_EN.pdf|title=Indictment against Bizimungu|publisher=ICTR}}{{cite web|url=http://unictr.unmict.org/sites/unictr.org/files/case-documents/ictr-00-55b/appeals-chamber-judgements/en/120508-1.pdf|title=Ildephonse Hategekimana v. The Prosecutor, Appeals Chamber Judgement|date=8 May 2012|id=Case No. ICTR-00-558-A|publisher=ICTR|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205094814/http://unictr.unmict.org/sites/unictr.org/files/case-documents/ictr-00-55b/appeals-chamber-judgements/en/120508-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}