Murama
Location of Murama (red) within Kayonza district
Murama (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Murama) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in Rwanda's Eastern Province.
Geography
[edit]Murama covers an area of 69.06 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,680 m. The sector is divided into five cells: Bunyentongo, Muko, Murama, Nyakanazi and Rusave. It borders Rwinkwavu to the north, Kabare to the east, Kibungo to the south, Remera to the southwest and Kabarondo to the west..[1][2][3]
Demographics
[edit]The census of 2022 counted 23,381 inhabitants. Ten years earlier, it was 19,945, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.6 percent between 2012 and 2022.[1][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren". citypopulation.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ↑ "Murama". GeoNames. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ↑ "Menya Kayonza". kayonza.gov.rw (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ↑ "RPHC5 - District Profile - Kayonza". National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Retrieved 2024-10-05.