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Muhanga
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thumb|People in Muhanga District thumb|Omega Express in South Rwanda Muhanga (former Gitarama, renamed in 2006) is a city in Rwanda, in the Muhanga District, in Southern Province. The city is situated above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- Nyamabuye
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Rwanda
- Population
- 87,613
- Timezone
- Africa/Kigali
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Muhanga City
- Settlement.other_name
- Gitarama
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- GitaramaCityCropped.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Central Muhanga
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Rwanda
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Rwanda
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Rwanda
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Muhanga District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Sectors
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nyamabuye and Shyogwe
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- City
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
You can go from Kigali to Muhanga by bus, taxi or a hired car. The bus is cheapest but slowest.
From Nyabugogo Bus Station of Kigali to Muhanga Bus Station is 1h 30' driving, and one-way cost for a bus ticket is 1700 Rwf. Bus companies serving this route are Volcano Express and Horizon Express.
Get around
Motorcyle taxis (motos) are the most popular and fastest way to get around town. Matatus/city buses (minibuses) provide major routes throughout the city and are the cheapest way to get around. The minibus in Rwanda is one of the best forms of transport in East Africa. Most of the buses are still new and are maintained well. car rental taxis Taxis are mainly of two types in Rwanda as a country - those operated by individuals (usually with some form of yellow stripe on the vehicle) and more professorially run services operated by a single large operator.
Do
Mining District
Adiministration
Edications
Buy
Muhanga has positioned itself as the first merchandise in the southern province in line with the government's plan of developing secondary cities .
Muhanga main Market Lumina supermarket Le voisin Supermerket thumb|433x433px|Muhanga City the Side of Gahogo CellNelis Supermerket
Eat
Restaurent Tranquilite Gisubizo Restaurent Bismillah Restaurent
Sleep
Hotel saint- Andre Jangwe Lodge AZIZI Life Hostel
Connect
MTN Rwanda Internet & calls
Airtel Rwanda Internet & Calls
Radio BBC
Radio
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Amenities
- Population
- Notable people
- See also
- References
thumb|People in Muhanga District thumb|Omega Express in South Rwanda Muhanga (former Gitarama, renamed in 2006) is a city in Rwanda, in the Muhanga District, in Southern Province. The city is situated above sea level.
Though officially part of the Southern Province, Muhanga is geographically located in central Rwanda, approximately by road southwest of Kigali, Rwanda's capital and largest city. This location lies approximately , north of Kibeho, in Nyaruguru District, the southernmost district in Southern Province. The provincial headquarters at Nyanza in Nyanza District lie about , by road, directly south of Muhanga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muhanga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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