Murundi (sector)

01°39′25.2″S 30°35′58.8″E

Murundi
Sector and town
Country	Rwanda
Province	Eastern Province
District	Kayonza District
Area
• Total	491.0 km^2 (189.6 sq mi)
Elevation	1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	57,809
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)

Location of Murundi (red) within Kayonza district

Murundi (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Murundi) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in Eastern Province in Rwanda.

Geography

Murundi covers an area of 491.0 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,320 m. The sector is divided into four cells: Buhabwa, Karambi, Murundi and Ryamanyoni. It borders on the Rwimbogo sector to the north, the Mwiri sector to the southeast, the Gahini sector to the south, the Rukara sector to the southwest and the Kiziguro and Rugarama sectors to the west. In the east, the sector borders the Kagera Nile, which forms the border with Tanzania. The eastern half of the sector is part of the Akagera National Park. There you will find the Hago, Kivumba and Gishanju Lakes, which are located entirely or partially within the Murundi sector.^[2][3][4]

Demographics

The census in 2022 put the population at 57,809. Ten years earlier, it was 35,742, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 4.9 percent between 2012 and 2022.^[2][5]

Transport

National Route 25 runs through the sector.^[6]

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of Mwiri sector
2. "Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren". citypopulation.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
3. "Murundi". GeoNames. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
4. "Menya Kayonza". kayonza.gov.rw (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
5. "RPHC5 - District Profile - Kayonza". National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Retrieved 2024-10-05.
6. "Classified Road Network Map 2022" (PDF). rtda.gov.rw. Rwanda Transport Development Agency. Archived from the original (PDF; 39,6 MB) on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.