Rusizi District

Rusizi is a district in , . Its capital is , the major city of the Rwandan south-west and the district contains large parts of the former Cyangugu Province.
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  • Type: district of Rwanda with 486,000 residents
  • Description: District in western province of Rwanda
  • Also known as: “district de Rusizi”, “district of Rwanda”, “Rusisi”, “Rusizi”, “Rusizi (district)”, and “Русизи (район)”

Rusizi District

Latitude
-2.5702° or 2° 34′ 13″ south
Longitude
29.0754° or 29° 4′ 31″ east
Population
486,000
Elevation
1,705 metres (5,594 feet)
Open location code
6G9FC3HG+W4
Geo­Names ID
7690213
Wiki­data ID
Q781590
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rusizi District” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rusizi-distrik”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսիզի”
  • Belarusian: “Русізі”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Rusizi”
  • Cebuano: “Rusizi District”
  • Chinese: “魯西濟縣”
  • Dutch: “Rusizi District”
  • French: “District de Rusizi”
  • French: “Rusizi”
  • German: “Distrikt Rusizi”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Ρουσίζι”
  • Italian: “distretto di Rusizi”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Rusizi”
  • Japanese: “ルシジ郡”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Akarere ka Rusizi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rusizi Koān”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Rusizi”
  • Portuguese: “Rusizi”
  • Russian: “Русизи”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Rusizi”
  • Swedish: “Rusizi”
  • Ukrainian: “Рузізі”
  • Western Mari: “Русизи”
  • Zulu: “Rusizi District”

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