Official Name: | Ruramira |
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: | Kayonza District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 41.57 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 21,185 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 0 |
Population Rural: | 21,185 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | -1.9989°N 30.4989°W |
Elevation M: | 1550 |
Ruramira (Kinyarwanda Umurenge wa Ruramira) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in Rwanda's Eastern Province.
Ruramira covers an area of 41.57 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,550 m. The sector is divided into four cells: Bugambira, Nkamba, Ruyonza and Umubuga. It borders the sector of Nyamirama to the north, Kabarondo to the east, Remera to the south, Munyaga to the southwest, Kigabiro to the west and Muhazi to the northwest.[2] [3] [4]
The census in 2022 put the population at 21,185. Ten years earlier, it was 16,937, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 2.3 percent between 2012 and 2022.[5]