Rutongo Explained

Official Name:Rutongo
Mapsize:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Map of Rwanda showing the location of Rutongo
Pushpin Map:Rwanda
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Rwanda
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kigali
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gasabo
Population Urban:50.000[1]
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:-1.8175°N 30.0592°W
Elevation M:1579

Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about from the capital.

History

The Rutongo Mines company mined a deposit of cassiterite. In 1948, in his story The New Congo, the journalist Tom Marvel wrote about this "...beautiful mine, as Richesses of Rwanda".;[2] [3]

The city houses the Rutongo Major Propaedeutic Seminary.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Centro nutrizionale in Rwanda . Italian . epsilon-onlus.org . 2019-06-02.
  2. Book: Rwanda, le mythe des mots . 2008 . Gaspard Musabyimana . 9782296041653 . 2019-06-02.
  3. Web site: Rutongo Mines: History . tincogroup.com . 2019-06-02.
  4. Web site: Rwanda, le mythe des mots . Conférence épiscopale du Rwanda . 2019-06-02.

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