| Official Name: | Gahara |
| Settlement Type: | Sector |
| Pushpin Map: | Rwanda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rwanda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Rwanda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kirehe District |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 106.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 census |
| Population Total: | 44,462 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Elevation M: | 1,430 |
Gahara is one of the 12 sectors in Kirehe District in Eastern Province in Rwanda.
Gahara covers an area of 106.3 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,390 m. The sector is divided into five cells: Butezi, Muhamba, Murehe, Nyagasenyi and Rubimba. It borders Mutenderi to the northwest, Murama to the north and Gatore to the east. To the southwest, Gahara borders the Kagera Nile, which forms the border with Burundi.[1] [2] [3]
The population was 44,462 at the census of 2022. Ten years earlier, it had been 39,484, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.2 percent between 2012 and 2022.[4] [5]
A district road runs through the sector, which was not paved as of 2022.[6] [7]