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Explore Kinyamakara in Rwanda

Kinyamakara in the region of Southern Province is a place in Rwanda - some 46 mi or ( 74 km ) South-West of Kigali , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Kinyamakara

Time in Kinyamakara is now 04:28 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Kigali " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tabora, Mwanza, Kigoma, Save, and Nzega. Since you are here already, consider visiting Tabora . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kinyamakara ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Butare, Rwanda and surroundings traveler photos - TripAdvisor TripWow

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tripwow.tripadvisor.com - Tour of Butare, Rwanda created at TripWow by TravelPod (a TripAdvisor™ company) TripAdvisor™ TripWow Slideshow of Butare by TravelPod. Cities visited on this trip: - Butare, ..

HTMI mission Uganda 2009

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Rwanda week 1 - a running start Jdeumer's photos around Nyamata, Rwanda

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Preview of Jdeumer's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Nyamata, Rwanda ..

Cow Serenade in Rwanda

1:20 min by WhyEyePhotography
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Video footage of a man serenading one of the Inyabo cows at Rukari, the King's Palace cultural heritage site, at Nyanza in Rwanda. Traditionally cowherds sang and whistled to the Inyabo cows, which we ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gikongoro Province

Gikongoro Province was one of the former twelve provinces (intara) of Rwanda and is situated in the southwest of the country. The former province had an area of some 2,146 square kilometers and its population was estimated at 467,300 (2002 figures) prior to its dissolution in January 2006.

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Located at -2.50 29.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Former provinces of Rwanda, States and territories disestablished in 2006

Gikongoro

Gikongoro is a city in Nyamagabe district, Southern Province, Rwanda. It was previously part of Gikongoro Province, which has been disestablished.

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Located at -2.50 29.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Southern Province, Rwanda

Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre

The Murambi Technical School, now known as the Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre, is situated in the Murambi district in southern Rwanda. It was the site of a massacre during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. When the killings started, Tutsis in the region tried to hide at a local church. However, the bishop and mayor lured them into a trap by sending them to the technical school, claiming that French troops would protect them there. On April 16, 1994, some 65,000 Tutsis ran to the school.

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Located at -2.45 29.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Genocide museums, Mummies, Rwandan Genocide

Mount Huye

Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of Butare in southern Rwanda. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. The mountain is an important source of mineral water, supplying both the Huye bottled water brand sold throughout Rwanda and the nearby Maraba fair trade coffee plant, whose washing station receives Huye water via a pipeline built using ACDI/VOCA funding in 2002.

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Located at -2.57 29.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Butare, Mountains of Rwanda, Southern Province, Rwanda

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 13 km away
Tags: Agriculture in Rwanda, Alternative trading organizations, Coffee brands, Economy of Rwanda