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Eastern Province, Rwanda

Coordinates: 1°45′S 30°30′E / 1.750°S 30.500°E / -1.750; 30.500
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Template:Infobox Rwandan Province

Eastern Province (Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Iburasirazuba; French: Province de l'Est) is one of Rwanda's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.

Eastern Province comprises the former provinces of Kibungo and Umutara, most of Kigali Rural, and part of Byumba. It has seven districts: Bugesera, Gatsibo, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Nyagatare and Rwamagana.

The capital city of Eastern Province is Rwamagana.

History

It is not known when the territory of present day Rwanda was first inhabited, but it is thought that humans moved into the area following the last ice age either in the Neolithic period, around ten thousand years ago, or in the long humid period which followed, up to around 3000 BC.[1][2] Archaeological excavations have revealed evidence of sparse settlement by hunter gatherers in the late stone age, followed by a larger population of early Iron Age settlers, who produced dimpled pottery and iron tools.[1][3][4] By the 17th century it is thought that most of Rwanda was inhabited, with a fairly even spread of population across the hills of the country.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Briggs and Booth 2006 p6
  2. ^ Chrétien p44
  3. ^ Dorsey p36
  4. ^ Chrétien p45
  5. ^ Vansina p16

Cited texts

  • Briggs, Philip & Booth, Janice (2006) Rwanda - The Bradt Travel Guide. 3rd ed. London: Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 1841621803
  • Chrétien, Jean-Pierre (2003) The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of History Hardcover ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 189095134X
  • Dorsey, Learthen (1994) Historical Dictionary of Rwanda. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810828200
  • Ministry of Local Government, Republic of Rwanda (MINALOC): "Eastern Province". Performance contracts in Year 2009-2010 (July 2009-June 2010). Accessed on 2010-03-11.
  • Munyakazi, Augustine & Ntagaramba, Johnson Funga (2005). Atlas of Rwanda French ed. Oxford: Macmillan Education. ISBN 0333954513

Area calculation

  • Pixel sizes for provinces taken from traced maps: North = 28,547; East = 81,548; South = 50,844; West = 51,798; Kigali = 6,129
  • Total Pixel size for Rwanda = 28,547 + 81,548 + 50,844 + 51,798 + 6,129 = 218,866
  • => Eastern Province % of total area: 81,548 / 218,866 = 37.26%
  • Total area of Rwanda = 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi)
    • "Rwanda". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 4 March 2010. Accessed 11 March 2010.
  • => Area of Eastern Province = 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi) x 37.26% = 9,813 km2 (3,789 sq mi)

1°45′S 30°30′E / 1.750°S 30.500°E / -1.750; 30.500


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