Muhanga

Muhanga is a city in the Southern Province, , though it is physically closer to the centre of the country, about 45 km southwest of Kigali at an elevation of about 1,800 m.
  • City with 319,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,757 metres (5,764 feet)
  • …is also known as “Gitarama”
  • Description: city in Rwanda

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady and Kabgayi Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabgayi.
is located just south of Gitarama…

Muhanga

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Latitude
-2.0845° or 2° 5′ 4″ south
Longitude
29.7529° or 29° 45′ 10″ east
Open location code
6G9FWQ83+55
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Muhanga” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gitarama”
  • Asturian: “Muhanga”
  • Basque: “Gitarama”
  • Bengali: “মুহাঙ্গা”
  • Bulgarian: “Гитарама”
  • Bulgarian: “Муханга”
  • Catalan: “Muhanga”
  • Cebuano: “Gitarama”
  • Chinese: “吉塔拉馬”
  • Chinese: “吉塔拉马”
  • Chinese: “穆汉加”
  • Croatian: “Gitarama”
  • Czech: “Muhanga”
  • Danish: “Gitarama”
  • Dutch: “Gitarama”
  • Esperanto: “Gitarama”
  • Esperanto: “Muhanga”
  • Estonian: “Gitarama”
  • French: “Gitarama”
  • French: “Muhanga”
  • Georgian: “გიტარამა”
  • German: “Gitarama”
  • German: “Muhanga”
  • Greek: “Γκιταράμα”
  • Guarani: “Muhanga”
  • Hausa: “Muhanga”
  • Hebrew: “גיטאראמה”
  • Hebrew: “מוחנגה”
  • Interlingue: “Gitarama”
  • Italian: “Gitarama”
  • Italian: “Muhanga”
  • Japanese: “ギタラマ”
  • Japanese: “ムハンガ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Muhanga”
  • Korean: “기타라마”
  • Korean: “무항가”
  • Latvian: “Gitarama”
  • Latvian: “Muhanga”
  • Lithuanian: “Gitarama”
  • Lithuanian: “Muhanga”
  • Lombard: “Gitarama”
  • Polish: “Gitarama”
  • Polish: “Muhanga”
  • Portuguese: “Gitarama”
  • Portuguese: “Guitarama”
  • Russian: “Гитарама”
  • Russian: “Муханга”
  • Serbian: “Гитарама”
  • Serbian: “Муханга”
  • Silesian: “Muhanga”
  • Slovenian: “Gitarama”
  • Slovenian: “Muhanga”
  • Spanish: “Gitarama”
  • Swahili: “Muhanga”
  • Swedish: “Gitarama”
  • Swedish: “Muhanga, Rwanda”
  • Turkish: “Gitarama”
  • Ukrainian: “Гітарама”
  • Urdu: “جیٹاراما”
  • Western Mari: “Гитарама”
  • Zulu: “Muhanga”

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