Nyamata

Nyamata is a town and sector in the , southeastern . Nyamata literally means 'place of milk' from the two Kinyarwanda words nya- 'of' and amata 'milk'.
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  • Village with 21,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,475 metres (4,839 feet)
  • …is also known as “Niamata”
  • Description: place in Eastern Province, Rwanda

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre.

Memorial
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The Nyamata Genocide Memorial is a national memorial…

Nyamata

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Latitude
-2.1431° or 2° 8′ 35″ south
Longitude
30.0895° or 30° 5′ 22″ east
Open location code
6G9GV34Q+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317420017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7656357
Wiki­data ID
Q2356928

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Nyamata” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նիամատա”
  • Belarusian: “Ньямата”
  • Bengali: “ন্যামাতা”
  • Bulgarian: “Нямата”
  • Catalan: “Nyamata”
  • Cebuano: “Nyamata”
  • Chinese: “尼亞馬塔”
  • Dutch: “Nyamata”
  • Estonian: “Nyamata”
  • French: “Nyamata”
  • German: “Nyamata”
  • Greek: “Νυαμάτα”
  • Hebrew: “ניאמטה”
  • Irish: “Nyamata”
  • Italian: “Nyamata”
  • Japanese: “ニャマタ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Nyamata”
  • Lithuanian: “Njamata”
  • Polish: “Nyamata”
  • Russian: “Ньямата”
  • Spanish: “Nyamata”
  • Swahili: “Nyamata”
  • Swedish: “Nyamata”

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