Rwamagana District
Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda

Rwamagana 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 Rwamagana

Rwamagana

Rwamagana is a city and capital of both Rwamagana district and the Eastern Province of Rwanda- Description :Rwamagana lies approximately from Kigali, on the newly renovated road leading east towards Tanzania...

city, which is also the provincial capital.

Sectors

Rwamagana district is divided into 14 sectors (imirenge): Fumbwe, Gahengeri, Gishari, Karenge, Kigabiro, Muhazi, Munyaga, Munyiginya, Musha, Muyumbu, Mwulire, Nyakariro, Nzige and Rubona.
Rwamagana is 'a place of a hundred things' in Kinyarwanda, as it contains the word 'magana' a word meaning 'one-hundred' in many bantu dialects. The district's name 'Rwamagana' was meant to imply a place of abundance.