Huye District
Shown within Southern Province and Rwanda

Huye is a district (akarere) in Southern 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 Butare

Butare

Butare is a city in the Southern Province of Rwanda and capital of Huye district. It was the capital of the former Butare Province, Rwanda, that was dissolved on January 1, 2006....

, Rwanda's traditional second city. The city itself has also sometimes been known as Huye since 2006, when the district was formed.

Geography, tourism and education

The district contains Butare, which was Rwanda's colonial capital, and traditional "second city." Butare is home to the National University of Rwanda

National University of Rwanda

The National University of Rwanda is the largest university in Rwanda. It is located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec.When it was established, the NUR had three divisions The...

 and the National Museum of Rwanda

National Museum of Rwanda

The National Museum of Rwanda is the national museum of Rwanda. It is located in Butare.It was built in the late 1980s and is a good source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region. It is also known as the site of the murder of Queen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda and several...

, attracting many visitors annually. The district is also home to Mount Huye

Mount Huye

Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of Butare in southern Rwanda. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine branch of the Great Rift Valley...

 and the Maraba Coffee

Maraba Coffee

Maraba coffee is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda.Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a...

 fair-trade cooperative.

Sectors

Huye district is divided into 14 sectors (imirenge): Gishamvu, Karama, Kigoma, Kinazi, Maraba, Mbazi, Mukura, Ngoma, Ruhashya, Huye, Rusatira, Rwantiro, Simbi and Tumba.