Nyanza District

Nyanza is a district in , Republic of . Its capital is town, which is also the provincial capital. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning lake, which probably refers to the small body of water created by a dam to the west of Nyanza town and sometimes referred to by the local residents as “Ikiyaga” or lake. which probably refers to a large lake to the west of Nyanza city.
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  • District of Rwanda with 366,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,587 metres (5,207 feet)
  • Description: the district surrounding Nyanza, Rwanda

Nyanza District

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Latitude
-2.3369° or 2° 20′ 13″ south
Longitude
29.7945° or 29° 47′ 40″ east
Open location code
6G9FMQ7V+6R
Geo­Names ID
7690217
Wiki­data ID
Q2632821

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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Zulu—“Nyanza District” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Distrikt Nyanza”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Nyanza”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nyanza”
  • Catalan: “Nyanza, Rwanda”
  • Cebuano: “Ang Distrito sa Nyanza”
  • Cebuano: “Nyanza District”
  • Cebuano: “Rwanda”
  • Chinese: “尼安扎縣”
  • Dutch: “Nyanza District”
  • French: “district de Nyanza”
  • French: “District de Nyanza”
  • French: “Nyanza”
  • German: “Distrikt Nyanza”
  • German: “Nyanza, Rwanda”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Νυάνζα”
  • Italian: “distretto di Nyanza”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nyanza”
  • Japanese: “ニャンザ郡”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Akarere ka Nyanza”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Nyanza, Rwanda”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nyanza Koān”
  • Portuguese: “Nyanza”
  • Portuguese: “O distrito de Nyanza”
  • Russian: “Ньянза”
  • Slovenian: “Distrikt Nyaza”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Nyanza (Ruanda)”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Nyanza”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Nyanza”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньянза”
  • Western Mari: “Ньанза”
  • Zulu: “Isifunda saseNyanga”
  • Zulu: “Nyanza District”

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