Bugesera District
District
Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
Country	Rwanda
Province	Eastern
Capital	Nyamata
Area
• District	1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• District	551,103
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban	221,227

Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata. The district is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera.^[2]

The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.

Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata.^{[citation needed]}

The area is prone to droughts as it has a higher average daytime temperature than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation.^{[citation needed]}

It is the construction site for a new international airport to serve Kigali, 40 km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport in the future.

Bugesera district is divided into 15 sectors (imirenge):^{[according to whom?]} Gashora, Juru, Kamabuye, Ntarama, Mareba, Mayange, Musenyi, Mwogo, Ngeruka, Nyamata, Nyarugenge, Rilima, Ruhuha, Rweru and Shyara.

Recently, Bugesera will be have industrial district named Bugesera Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) and built by the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) with funding from Indian and South Korean investors. It is 14.83 km² (1,483 ha; 3,660 acres) wide — located 10 km (5 mi) from new international airport in Bugesera and 50 km (30 mi) from Rwanda's capital, Kigali.^[3]

• Twagilimana, Aimable (2007) [1st pub. 1994]. Historical Dictionary of Rwanda (Revised ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810853133.

• "Districts of Rwanda". Statoids.
• Bugesera District government website Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Visit Rwanda
• Bugesera Special Economic Zone (BSEZ)

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