Musanze is a district in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Its capital city is Ruhengeri.[2]
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Geography and tourism
Musanze is Rwanda's most mountainous district, containing the largest part of the Volcanoes National Park, and its head office at Kinigi. Five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga chain (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura) are within the district boundaries. It is also in this district that most of Rwanda's mountain gorillas are found, making it the most popular tourist destination in the country.[3][4]
Sectors
Musanze district is divided into 15 sectors (imirenge): Busogo, Cyuve, Gacaca, Gashaki, Gataraga, Kimonyi, Kinigi, Muhoza, Muko, Musanze, Nkotsi, Nyange, Remera, Rwaza and Shingiro. But Musanze district is not entirely covering the whole area of former Ruhengeri province. 68 cells, and 432 umudugudus/villages, with a population of 398,986.[5]
Weather and Climate History for Musanze
Musanze is situated closer to the equator, making summers hard to define. In Musanze the average annual temperature is 15.9 C | 60.6 F. In winter there's
much less rainfall than in summer.[6]
Irish Potatoes plantation
Irish potatoes are mainly grown in Burera, Musanze, Nyabihu and Rubavu districts and this program is expected to harmonize the Irish potato trading locally and turn it into export-oriented business[7][8]
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Musanze District
- ^ Jean Claude, Musoni (2018). Linguistic Communication Challenges Encountered by Tourists Visiting Musanze District. Musanze, Rwanda.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bahati, Moise M. (2022-05-31). "Musanze woman dies after buffalo attack". The New Times. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ Kamasa, Peter (2023-03-03). "Rwanda: How Ride Rwanda is Promoting Cycling Tourism, Adventure". The New Times. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Nsanzimana, Germain (2023-02-24). "RAB warns against pork consumption in Musanze over swine erysipelas". The New Times. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Musanze climate: Temperature Musanze & Weather By Month - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Irish potato new organisation and wholesale market launched". www.minicom.gov.rw. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Rwanda increased its Irish potato production". www.agriterra.org. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- "Districts of Rwanda". Statoids.
- Inzego.doc — Province, District and Sector information from MINALOC, the Rwanda ministry of local government.
1°30′S 29°36′E / 1.500°S 29.600°E
This page was last edited on 8 April 2023, at 23:48