Northern Province

Northern Province is one of 's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.
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  • Type: State with 2,040,000 residents
  • Description: one of Rwanda’s five provinces
  • Also known as: “majyaruguru”, “Northern Province, Rwanda”, and “RW-03”
  • Neighbors:

Northern Province

Latitude
-1.581° or 1° 34′ 52″ south
Longitude
29.927° or 29° 55′ 37″ east
Population
2,040,000
Elevation
2,060 metres (6,759 feet)
Open location code
6GCFCW9G+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4346195932
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6413339
Wiki­data ID
Q845807
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Northern Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة الشمالية”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko probintzia”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “নর্দান প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Província del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Province (lalawigan sa Rwanda)”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Province”
  • Chinese: “Pak-pō͘ Séng”
  • Chinese: “北方省”
  • Chinese: “北部省”
  • Czech: “Nord Province”
  • Czech: “Severní provincie (Rwanda)”
  • Czech: “Severní provincie”
  • Danish: “Northern Province”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Rwanda”
  • Dutch: “Noord”
  • Dutch: “Nord”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Provinco”
  • Estonian: “Põhjaprovints”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Ruanda”
  • French: “Nord”
  • French: “Province du Nord”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი პროვინცია”
  • German: “Nordprovinz”
  • German: “RW-03”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ρουάντα”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તરીય પ્રાંત”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Utara, Rwanda”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Utara”
  • Italian: “provincia Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Provincia Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北部州”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’ Amajyaruguru”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’Amajyaruguru y’u Rwanda”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’Amajyaruguru”
  • Korean: “북부주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu province”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Северна покраина”
  • Malay: “Northern Province”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-pō͘ Séng (Rwanda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-pō͘ Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Prowins”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord provins”
  • Norwegian: “Nordprovinsen”
  • Persian: “استان شمالی”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Północna”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Província do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Nord, Rwanda”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная провинция”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු පළාත, රුවන්ඩාව”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Intara y’Amajyaruguru”
  • Slovenian: “RW-03”
  • Slovenian: “Severna provinca”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Norte Ruanda”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Norte”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Nord provinsen”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк провинциясе”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “นอร์ทเทิร์น โพรวิ้น”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна провінція”
  • Urdu: “شمالی صوبہ، روانڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Phía Bắc”
  • Western Mari: “Йыдвел провинци”
  • Wu Chinese: “北部省 (卢旺达)”
  • Wu Chinese: “北部省（卢旺达）”
  • Wu Chinese: “北部省”
  • Zulu: “Northern Province, Ruwanda”
  • Zulu: “Northern Province”

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