Ndora Explained

Ndora
Settlement Type:Sector and village
Pushpin Map:Rwanda
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Rwanda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Rwanda
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Butare Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gisagara District
Area Total Km2:61
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:30171
Population Urban:3542
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CAT
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:-2.6033°N 29.8336°W
Elevation M:1684

Ndora is a village and commune/sector[2] in Butare Province, south-western Rwanda, located roughly 10 kilometres east of the city of Butare. It is a farming community inhabited mainly by Hutu people. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko was born in Ndora in 1946.[3] Callixte Kalimanzira, head of the Ministry of Interior and Communal Development, met in Ndora on June 7, 1994 and warned the people that the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) were using small children who should also become targets.[4] There is said to be an iron-smelting furnace in Ndora.[5] [6] A number of Hutu women in the village were widowed during the Rwandan genocide.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/gisagara/2211__ndora/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Book: African Rights (Organization). Witness to genocide. 27 June 2011. 2000. African Rights.
  3. Book: Sjoberg. Laura. Gentry. Caron E.. Mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics. 27 June 2011. 2007. Zed Books. 978-1-84277-866-1. 160.
  4. Book: Lasting Wounds. 27 June 2011. Human Rights Watch. 7.
  5. Book: Briggs. Philip. Booth. Janice. Rwanda, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide. 27 June 2011. 1 November 2006. Bradt Travel Guides. 978-1-84162-180-7. 6.
  6. Book: Fage, J. D.. The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 500 B.C. to A.D. 1050. registration. 27 June 2011. 1975. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-21592-3. 367.
  7. Book: African Rights (Organization). Rwanda, not so innocent: when women become killers. 27 June 2011. 1995. African Rights. 978-1-899477-05-0. 35.