Southern Province

Rwanda is a relatively stable country, and easily accessible from and . It is known as the land of a thousand hills, but is also a country rich in flora and fauna and stunning natural beauty in its scenic rolling and breathtaking green savannah.
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  • Type: State with 3,000,000 residents
  • Description: Province of Rwanda
  • Also known as: “Amajvepfo”, “RW-05”, “Southern Province, Rwanda”, and “Southern Rwanda”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kibeho.

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is the largest town in Nyaruguru District, , located in the south. The town is famous in central Africa as the location where groups of young men and women had visions of the virgin Mary in the 1980s.

Southern Province

Latitude
-2.6272° or 2° 37′ 38″ south
Longitude
29.6063° or 29° 36′ 23″ east
Population
3,000,000
Elevation
1,646 metres (5,400 feet)
Open location code
6G9F9JF4+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4346189875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6413341
Wiki­data ID
Q853162
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Southern Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الجنوبية، رواندا”
  • Arabic: “المحافظة الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային գավառ”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային նահանգ”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko probintzia”
  • Bengali: “সাউদার্ন প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Província del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Southern Province”
  • Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Séng”
  • Chinese: “南部省”
  • Czech: “Jižní provincie”
  • Czech: “Jižní Provincie”
  • Czech: “Sud Province”
  • Danish: “Sydlige”
  • Dutch: “Sud”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Rwanda”
  • Dutch: “Zuid”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Provinco”
  • Estonian: “Lõunaprovints”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Ruanda”
  • French: “Province du Sud”
  • French: “Sud”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი პროვინცია”
  • German: “RW-05”
  • German: “Südprovinz”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ρουάντα”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણી પ્રાંત”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הדרום”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Selatan, Rwanda”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Selatan”
  • Italian: “provincia Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Provincia Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南部州”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’ Amajyepfo”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara y’amajyepfo”
  • Korean: “남부주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu province”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна покраина”
  • Malay: “Southern Province”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिणी प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Séng (Rwanda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd Prowins”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “sør provins”
  • Norwegian: “Sørprovinsen”
  • Persian: “استان جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Południowa”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Província do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Sul”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Sud, Rwanda”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Sud”
  • Russian: “Южная провинция”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු පළාත, රුවන්ඩාව”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Intara y’Amajyepfo”
  • Slovenian: “Jug”
  • Slovenian: “Južna provinca”
  • Slovenian: “RW-05”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Sur Ruanda”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Sur”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Sydprovinsen”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк провинциясе”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเซาเธิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Güney Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Güney”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна провінція”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی صوبہ، روانڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Miền Nam”
  • Western Mari: “Кечӹвӓлвел провинци”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部省 (卢旺达)”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部省（卢旺达）”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部省”
  • Zulu: “Southern Province, Ruwanda”
  • Zulu: “Southern Province”

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