Save

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Save

Coordinates-2.53°, 29.76°

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

Overview

Save is a town and sector in Rwanda. It is located a few miles north of the town of Butare, and in the west of the Gisagara District of Southern Province. There is a church, several schools and a health centre. It is also home to the Mother House of the Benebikira Sisters.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Bernard Makuza

Rwandan politician

J

Jean Kambanda

Rwandan politician

A

Augustin Ndindiliyimana

Rwandan politician

B

Blaise Nzeyimana

Rwandan cleric and Roman Catholic Bishop of Ruyigi

T

Théodore Sindikubwabo

Rwandan politician interine (1928-1998)

Ignace Murwanashyaka

Rwandan rebel leader (1963-2019)

E

Epa Binamungu

Monique Mujawamariya

Rwandan activist in Canada

Wenceslas Munyeshyaka

Rwandan priest convicted of genocide

C

Callixte Kalimanzira

Rwandan politician

E

Emery Bayisenge

Rwandan footballer

E

Epiphanie Nyirabarame

Rwandan long-distance runner

J

Jean-Paul Samputu

Rwandan singer

L

Ladislas Ntaganzwa

criminal

C

Canisius Bizimana

Rwandan association football player

J

Joseph Sibomana

Rwandan bishop

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

Nearby places in Southern

• Kiruhura
  3.8 mi away
• Rusagara
  12.7 mi away
• Nyamagabe
  13 mi away
• Karaba
  13.1 mi away
• Gasoro
  14.2 mi away
• Nyabinyenga
  16.2 mi away
• Rutansinda
  17.4 mi away
• Coko Cyahinda
  17.8 mi away
• Cyahinda
  18.1 mi away
• Nyaruguru
  19.8 mi away
• Kaduha
  21.2 mi away
• Mushubi
  25 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.

Books about Save

Save me the waltz

Zelda Fitzgerald · 1953

The aglas of the birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique

Vincent Parker · 1999

Wall of Flame

Erich Krauss · 2007

Wall of flame

Erich Krauss · 2006

Fish Wars and Trout Travesties

George Colpitts · 2019

Southern Splendor

Marc R. Matrana · 2018

My Southern journey

Rick Bragg · 2015

Saved

Tony Bullimore · 1997

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White-barred Emperor

Charaxes brutus

Seen 2026-09-10

Friar

Amauris niavius

Seen 2026-09-08

Blue-spot Pansy

Junonia oenone

Seen 2026-08-13

Mysore Thorn

Biancaea decapetala

Seen 2026-04-22

White-chinned Prinia

Schistolais leucopogon

Seen 2026-04-22

Greenleaf Ticktrefoil

Desmodium intortum

Seen 2026-04-22

Bush Duiker

Sylvicapra grimmia

Seen 2026-04-22

Impatiens burtonii

Impatiens burtonii

Seen 2026-04-22

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Seen 2026-04-22

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