Bugesera District
Bugesera is a district in Eastern Province, Rwanda. It is one of the 30 districts in Rwanda and its capital is Nyamata and is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera.
The district is the location of two memorial sites of the at Ntarama and Nyamata.
Geography
Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata.It borders Burundi, Kicukiro district, Ngoma district, and Kamonyi district in the South, North, East and West respectively.
It is 1337 km2 in size and inhabited by 551,103 people.
The area is prone to droughts as it has a higher average daytime temperature than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation. It is a rain deficit risk zone in Rwanda, having experienced 3 droughts in the last 20 years
Sectors
Bugesera district is divided into 15 sectors : Gashora, Juru, Kamabuye, Ntarama, Mareba, Mayange, Musenyi, Mwogo, Ngeruka, Nyamata, Nyarugenge, Rilima, Ruhuha, Rweru and Shyara.Economy
Recently, Bugesera will be have industrial district named Bugesera Special Economic Zone and built by the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms with funding from Indian and South Korean investors. It is wide — located from new international airport in Bugesera and from Rwanda's capital, Kigali.The airport under construction will serve Kigali, 40 km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport in the future.