Bugesera District

Bugesera District
Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
CountryRwanda
ProvinceEastern
CapitalNyamata
Area
 • Total1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 census)
 • Total361,914
 • Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)

Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata. The district is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera.[1]

The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.

  1. ^ Twagilimana 2007, p. 21.

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