one of Rwanda's five provinces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern Province (Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Amajyaruguru; French: Province du Nord; Dutch: Noordelijke Provincie) is one of the five provinces of Rwanda. As of the 2022 census, 2,038,511 people lived there. It has an area of 3,276 km². The capital city is Byumba.
It was created on 1 January 2006 from the former provinces of Ruhengeri and Byumba, along with northern parts of Kigali Rural. It has five districts of Burera, Gakenke, Gicumbi, Musanze, and Rulindo.
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