Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of 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....

 in southern 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...

. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest

Nyungwe Forest

Nyungwe Forest National Park is a national park in southwestern Rwanda, located south of Lake Kivu on the border with Burundi. The park was established in 2004 and covers an area of approximately 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland, swamps, and bogs. The nearest town is Cyangugu, 54 km to the...

 to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine (western) branch of the Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...

. The mountain is an important source of mineral water

Mineral water

Mineral water is water containing minerals or other dissolved substances that alter its taste or give it therapeutic value, generally obtained from a naturally occurring mineral spring or source. Dissolved substances in the water may include various salts and sulfur compounds...

, supplying both the Huye bottled water brand sold throughout Rwanda and the nearby Maraba

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 coffee plant, whose washing station receives Huye water via a pipeline built using ACDI/VOCA

ACDI/VOCA

ACDI/VOCA is a private, international development nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C, United States...

 funding in 2002.

Mount Huye gives its name to the surrounding Huye District

Huye District

Huye is a district in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Butare, 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 :...

, part of the Southern Province, which was formed in January 2006 following local government reorganisation and includes Butare city.