Murama

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Location of Murama (red) within Kayonza district

Murama (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Murama) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in Rwanda's Eastern Province.

Geography

Murama covers an area of 69.06 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,680 m. The sector is divided into five cells: Bunyentongo, Muko, Murama, Nyakanazi and Rusave. It borders Rwinkwavu to the north, Kabare to the east, Kibungo to the south, Remera to the southwest and Kabarondo to the west..[1][2][3]

Demographics

The census of 2022 counted 23,381 inhabitants. Ten years earlier, it was 19,945, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.6 percent between 2012 and 2022.[1][4]

Reference

  1. ^ a b "Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren". citypopulation.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  2. ^ "Murama". GeoNames. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  3. ^ "Menya Kayonza". kayonza.gov.rw (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  4. ^ "RPHC5 - District Profile - Kayonza". National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Retrieved 2024-10-05.