Muhanga

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Muhanga

Elevation5945 m

Coordinates-2.08°, 29.75°

Demographic figures from NISR Rwanda. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Muhanga is a city in Rwanda, in the Muhanga District, in Southern Province. The city is situated 5,945 feet (1,812 m) above sea level.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

D

Dominique Mbonyumutwa

Rwandan president (1921-1986)

Esther Mujawayo

Rwandan sociologist and psychotherapist

F

Froduald Karamira

Rwandan politician executed (1947-1998)

Smaragde Mbonyintege

Rwandan Catholic bishop (born 1947)

C

Callixte Nzabonimana

Rwandan politician

F

Fred Rwigyema

Founding member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front

E

Emmanuel Rukundo

Rwandan genocide perpetrator

Godeliève Mukasarasi

Rwandan social worker, founder and coordinator of SEVOTA

I

Idelphonse Hategekimana

Rwandan soldier

P

Protais Mpiranya

Rwandan soldier

E

Emile Bintunimana

Rwandese cyclist

Monique Nsanzabaganwa

Rwandan economist

Zura Karuhimbi

Rwandan woman who saved over 100 people from being killed by Hutu militias

M

Mutsinzi Ange Jimmy

Rwandan footballer

Ginette Vagenheim

French latinist (1961-)

P

Papias Musengamana

Rwandan Roman Catholic bishop

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern

• Ngara Mjini
  68.9 mi away
• Biharamulo
  114.1 mi away
• Ndole
  444.6 mi away
• Mwando
  446.2 mi away
• Nsumbu
  447.6 mi away
• Cholwe
  449.6 mi away
• Mikose
  457.7 mi away
• Kasakalabwe
  472.2 mi away
• Tundulu
  481.4 mi away
• Maule
  524.7 mi away
• Kasanga
  525 mi away
• John Chivuta
  528.9 mi away

Browse all places in Southern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Seen 2025-07-05

pink knotweed

Persicaria capitata

Seen 2025-06-15

Fire Stick

Euphorbia tirucalli

Seen 2025-06-15

African Striped Skink

Trachylepis striata

Seen 2025-05-24

Ruaha Chat

Myrmecocichla arnotti collaris

Seen 2025-01-22

Straw-coloured Fruit Bat

Eidolon helvum

Seen 2024-10-28

Yellow-billed Stork

Mycteria ibis

Seen 2024-08-24

Golden Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis kandti

Seen 2023-07-25

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus migrans parasitus

Seen 2023-07-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).