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Gasasa in the region of Southern Province is a town in Rwanda - some 62 mi or ( 99 km ) South-West of Kigali , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Gasasa is now 02:49 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Kigali " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tabora, Mwanza, Kigoma, Rusagara, and Runyinya. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tabora . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Gasasa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

SEKA- Africa Mission Alliance Partnership Film

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Bishop Nathan Gasaturu brings greetings from the Diocese of Butare in Rwanda

4:10 min by Ed Hird
Views: 130 Rating: 0.00

Bishop Nathan shares about the amazing convention they had where God powerfully renewed them ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Nyaruguru District

Nyaruguru is a district (akarere) in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kibeho, a pilgrimage site of the Catholic Church.

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Located at -2.70 29.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Districts of Rwanda, Southern Province, Rwanda

Southern Province, Rwanda

Southern Province 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. Southern Province comprises the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare, and is divided into the districts of Butare, Gatagara, Gikongoro, Gisagara, Gitarama, Kamonyi, Nyanza, and Nyaruguru. The capital city of Southern Province is Nyanza.

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Located at -2.62 29.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Provinces of Rwanda, Southern Province, Rwanda, States and territories established in 2006

Kibeho

Kibeho is a small town in south Rwanda, which became known outside of that country because of reported apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ occurring between 1981 and 1989.

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Located at -2.63 29.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Marian apparitions, Pallottines, Populated places in Rwanda

Our Lady of Kibeho

Our Lady of Kibeho is the name given to Marian apparitions concerning several adolescents, in the 1980s in Kibeho, south-western Rwanda. The apparitions communicated various messages to the schoolchildren, including an apocalyptic vision of Rwanda descending into violence and hatred, possibly foretelling the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. In 2001, the local bishop of Catholic Church officially recognised the visions of three schoolchildren as authentic.

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Located at -2.63 29.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Marian apparitions, Marian shrines

Maraba coffee

Maraba coffee (Kinyarwanda: Ikawa ya Maraba; French: Café de Maraba) is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a washing station in Maraba, where the coffee beans are extracted and dried. At several stages, the beans are sorted according to quality.

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Located at -2.58 29.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Agriculture in Rwanda, Alternative trading organizations, Coffee brands, Economy of Rwanda