Rwanda is divided into five provinces (Kinyarwanda: intara) and subdivided into thirty districts (Kinyarwanda: akarere).
See main article: Provinces of Rwanda. Rwanda's provinces are:
Prior to 1 January 2006, Rwanda was composed of twelve provinces (known as prefectures up to 2001), but these were abolished in full and redrawn as part of a program of decentralization and reorganization.