Official Name: | Bugarama |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Rwanda |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rwanda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Rwanda |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Rusizi District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 40276 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | -2.6972°N 29.0083°W |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Bugarama is a town in western Rwanda.
Bugarama is located in Rusizi District, Western Province, close to the borders with Burundi (to the east) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (to the west). It is about 278km (173miles), by road, southwest of Kigali, Rwanda's capital and largest city, and approximately 38km (24miles), by road, southeast of Kamembe/Cyangugu, where the district headquarters are located.
The population of Bugarama sector was enumerated at 42,830 on 15 August 2022. Of these, 21,633 (50.5 percent) were females and 21,197 (49.5 percent) were males. The population in the sector was growing at an average annual rate, calculated at 3.6 percent, between 2012 and 2022.[2]
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town: