Karongi District

Karongi is a district in , . The district's capital is . However, it comprises , provincial capital and a major Rwandan lakeside resort.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Rwanda with 374,000 residents
  • Description: Karongi District is one of the 7 districts that make up the Western Province.
  • Also known as: “Karongi”, “Karongi (Distrikt)”, “Karongi (Ruanda)”, “Karongi district”, “Karongi-Distrikt”, and “Каронги (район)”

Karongi District

Latitude
-2.1296° or 2° 7′ 47″ south
Longitude
29.3617° or 29° 21′ 42″ east
Population
374,000
Elevation
2,064 metres (6,772 feet)
Open location code
6G9FV9C6+5M
Geo­Names ID
7690211
Wiki­data ID
Q429825
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zulu—“Karongi District” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Districte de Karongi”
  • Cebuano: “Karongi District”
  • Chinese: “卡龍吉縣”
  • Danish: “Karongi”
  • Dutch: “Karongi District”
  • French: “district de Karongi”
  • French: “District de Karongi”
  • German: “Distrikt Karongi”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Καρόνγκι”
  • Hebrew: “נפת קארונגי”
  • Italian: “distretto di Karongi”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Karongi”
  • Japanese: “カロンギ郡”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Akarere ka Karongi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karongi Koān”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کارونگی”
  • Portuguese: “Karongi”
  • Russian: “Каронги”
  • Spanish: “Karongi”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Karongi”
  • Ukrainian: “Каронгі”
  • Western Mari: “Каронги”
  • Zulu: “Karongi District”
  • “karongi”

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