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.
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  • Type: City with 319,000 residents
  • Description: city in Rwanda
  • Also known as: “Gitarama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immacualte Conception and Muhanga Regional Stadium.

Church
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in , . The basilica is the seat of the Diocese of Kabgayi. The basilica was dedicated on October 22, 1992.

Sports venue
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is a sports venue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabgayi.

Village
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is located just south of Gitarama in , , , 25 miles southwest of . It was established as a Catholic Church mission in 1905.

Muhanga

Latitude
-2.0845° or 2° 5′ 4″ south
Longitude
29.7529° or 29° 45′ 10″ east
Population
319,000
Elevation
1,757 metres (5,764 feet)
Open location code
6G9FWQ83+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271318051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11186588
Wiki­data ID
Q668180
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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”
  • 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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