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Nyamata
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Overview
Nyamata is a town and sector in the Bugesera District, southeastern Rwanda. Nyamata literally means 'place of milk' from the two Kinyarwanda words nya- 'of' and amata 'milk'. It is the location of the Nyamata Genocide Memorial, commemorating the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
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History
It is not well known what happened in the region before 1900. The area was originally part of the Kingdom of Bugesera but was conquered by Rwanda in the late 19th century. In March 1992, the town and its surroundings were the site of anti-Tutsi massacres.
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- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
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- • Open Library