Bugesera District
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Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

. Its capital is Nyamata

Nyamata

-Location:Nyamata is located in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, directly south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country. Its location is about , by road, south of Kigali. The coordinates of the town are:02 12 18S, 30 08 42E .-Overview:Nyamata is a small town in...

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The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan Genocide

Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...

: the Ntarama Genocide Memorial Site and the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Site.

Geography

Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali

Kigali

Kigali, population 965,398 , is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated near the geographic centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962. The main residence and offices of the President of...

, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata

Nyamata

-Location:Nyamata is located in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, directly south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country. Its location is about , by road, south of Kigali. The coordinates of the town are:02 12 18S, 30 08 42E .-Overview:Nyamata is a small town in...

. The area is prone to droughts, and has been earmarked as the location for a possible new international airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 to serve Kigali, 40km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport

Kigali International Airport

Kigali International Airport , formerly known as Gregoire Kayibanda International Airport, but sometimes referred to as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda...

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The area has a higher average daytime temperature

Temperature

Temperature is a physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold. Objects of low temperature are cold, while various degrees of higher temperatures are referred to as warm or hot...

 than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation, which sometimes lead to droughts.

Sectors

Bugesera district is divided into 15 sectors (imirenge): Gashora, Juru, Kamabuye, Ntarama, Mareba, Mayange, Musenyi, Mwogo, Ngeruka, Nyamata

Nyamata

-Location:Nyamata is located in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, directly south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country. Its location is about , by road, south of Kigali. The coordinates of the town are:02 12 18S, 30 08 42E .-Overview:Nyamata is a small town in...

, Nyarugenge, Rilima, Ruhuha, Rweru and Shyara.