Eastern Province

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  • Type: province of Rwanda with 3,560,000 residents
  • Description: province of Rwanda
  • Also known as: “East”, “Eastern Province, Rwanda”, “Eastern Rwanda”, “Est Province”, “Leste”, “Prefektura Wschodnia”, “Província do Este”, “Província do Leste”, “Provincia Este Ruanda”, “Ruanda/Osten”, “RW-02”, and “తూర్పు రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Neighbors:

Eastern Province

Latitude
-1.75° or 1° 45′ south
Longitude
30.5° or 30° 30′ east
Population
3,560,000
Elevation
1,374 metres (4,508 feet)
Open location code
6GCG7G22+22
Geo­Names ID
6413337
Wiki­data ID
Q853152
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Eastern Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ምስራቅ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الشرقية، رواندا”
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան գավառ”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərq Vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko probintzia”
  • Bengali: “ইস্টার্ন প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Província de l’Est”
  • Cebuano: “Eastern Province”
  • Chinese: “东部省”
  • Chinese: “東部省”
  • Czech: “Východní provincie”
  • Danish: “Eastern Province”
  • Dutch: “Est”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Rwanda”
  • Dutch: “Oost”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Provinco”
  • Estonian: “Idaprovints”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Ruanda”
  • Finnish: “Itäinen provinssi”
  • French: “Est”
  • French: “Province de l’Est”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი პროვინცია”
  • German: “Osten”
  • German: “Ostprovinz”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Ρουάντα”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્વીય પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Lardin Gabas”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז המזרח”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur, Rwanda”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur”
  • Italian: “provincia Orientale”
  • Italian: “Provincia Orientale”
  • Japanese: “東部州”
  • Javanese: “Propinsi Wétan”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ ರುವಾಂಡ”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс облысы”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Iburasirazuba”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’ Iburasirazuba”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’Iburasirazuba”
  • Kirghiz: “Чыгыш облусу”
  • Korean: “동부주”
  • Latvian: “Austrumu province”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Источна покраина”
  • Malay: “Eastern Province”
  • Marathi: “पूर्व प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng (Rwanda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uast Prowins”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Østprovinsen (Rwanda)”
  • Norwegian: “Østprovinsen”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Baʼa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان شرقی”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Província Oriental”
  • Pushto: “ختيځ ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Est, Rwanda”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Est”
  • Russian: “Восточная провинция”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත, රුවන්ඩාව”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Intara y’Iburasirazuba”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna provinca”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Bari”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Este”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Oriental”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mashariki”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Шарқ”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш провинциясе”
  • Tatar: “Шәрык өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหัดอิสเทิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Doğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна провінція”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی صوبہ، روانڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy viloyat”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Miền Đông”
  • Western Mari: “Ирвел провинци”
  • Wu Chinese: “东部省 (卢旺达)”
  • Wu Chinese: “东部省（卢旺达）”
  • Wu Chinese: “东部省”
  • Yoruba: “Àgbègbè Ìwọ̀-ọọ̀rùn, Rwanda”
  • Zulu: “Eastern Province, Ruwanda”
  • Zulu: “Eastern Province”

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