Western Province

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  • Type: State with 2,900,000 residents
  • Description: province of Rwanda
  • Also known as: “Cyanugu”, “Gisenyi”, “RW-04”, “West”, “Western Province, Rwanda”, and “Western Rwanda”

Western Province

Latitude
-2.3799° or 2° 22′ 48″ south
Longitude
29.2015° or 29° 12′ 6″ east
Population
2,900,000
Elevation
1,992 metres (6,535 feet)
Open location code
6G9FJ6C2+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4346193509
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6413340
Wiki­data ID
Q737354
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Western Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան գավառ”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան նահանգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərb Vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko probintzia”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্টার্ন প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Província de l’Oest”
  • Cebuano: “Western Province”
  • Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Séng”
  • Chinese: “西部省”
  • Czech: “Západní provincie (Rwanda)”
  • Czech: “Západní provincie”
  • Danish: “Western Province”
  • Dutch: “Ouest”
  • Dutch: “West-Rwanda”
  • Dutch: “West”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Provinco”
  • Estonian: “Lääneprovints”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Ruanda”
  • French: “Ouest”
  • French: “Province de l’Ouest”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი პროვინცია”
  • German: “West Provinz”
  • German: “Westprovinz”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Ρουάντα”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમી પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Lardin Yamma”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Barat, Rwanda”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Barat”
  • Italian: “provincia Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Provincia Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西部州”
  • Javanese: “Propinsi Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс облысы”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Iburengerazuba”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’ Iburengerazuba”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’Uburengerazuba”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш облусу”
  • Korean: “서부주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu province”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Западна покраина”
  • Malay: “Western Province”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Séng (Rwanda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waast Prowins”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestlig provins”
  • Norwegian: “Vestprovinsen”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Lixa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان غربی”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Oeste”
  • Pushto: “لوېديځ ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Vest, Rwanda”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Vest”
  • Russian: “Западная провинция”
  • Sinhala: “බස්නාහිර පළාත, රුවන්ඩාව”
  • Sinhala: “බස්නාහිර පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Intara y’Iburengerazuba”
  • Slovenian: “RW-04”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna provinca”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Magharibi”
  • Swedish: “Västra provinsen”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ғарб”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш провинциясе”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “เวสเทิร์น โพรวิ้น”
  • Turkish: “Batı Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Batı”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна провінція”
  • Urdu: “مغربی صوبہ، روانڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy viloyat”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Phía Tây”
  • Western Mari: “Вадывел провинци”
  • Wu Chinese: “西部省 (卢旺达)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西部省（卢旺达）”
  • Wu Chinese: “西部省”
  • Zulu: “Western Province, Ruwanda”
  • Zulu: “Western Province”

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