# Kimisagara

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{{short description|Sector in the City of Kigali, Rwanda}}
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'''Kimisagara''' is a sector ('''umurenge''') in the [Nyarugenge District](/source/Nyarugenge_District) of [Kigali](/source/Kigali), Rwanda. It is located in the southwest part of the city of [Kigali](/source/Kigali).

== Geography ==
Its northern border is shaped by the [Nyabugogo River](/source/Nyabugogo_River), a tributary of the [Nyabarongo River](/source/Nyabarongo_River), and the western border is shaped by an unnamed tributary of Nyabugogo. Southwest of the sector is [Mount Kigali](/source/Mount_Kigali) and the [Mount Kigali Forest](/source/Mount_Kigali_Forest). The elevation is 1484 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@-1.9430112,30.0438373,16.4z?entry=ttu |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=GeoNames.org|url=https://www.geonames.org/7595629/kimisagara.html|website=www.geonames.org|access-date=2026-02-01}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In 2012, Its population was 46,753 inhabitants, and had a gender ratio of 24,451 males to 22,302 females.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kimisagara (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1104__kimisagara/|website=citypopulation.de|access-date=2026-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124032212/https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1104__kimisagara/|archive-date=2020-01-24|language=en}}</ref>

According to the 2022 census, the sector had a total population of 56,534 inhabitants. These are its Gender demographics:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kimisagara (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1104__kimisagara/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>

* Males 28,905
* Females 27,629

The [Rwanda Environment Management Authority](/source/Rwanda_Environment_Management_Authority) hypothesised that the high male-to-female ratio was due to a tendency for men to migrate to the city in search of work outside the agricultural sector, while their wives remained in a rural home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=na.unep.net |url=https://na.unep.net/siouxfalls/publications/Kigali_SOE.pdf |access-date=2023-12-25 |archive-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212070018/https://na.unep.net/siouxfalls/publications/Kigali_SOE.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2022 it had a 100% Urban rate. It is quite young with 31.8% of the population is under 15 and 67% of the population being younger than 65 and older than 15. Only 1.1% of the population is older than 64.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kimisagara (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1104__kimisagara/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>

== Notable architecture ==
thumb|150px|The Football for Hope Centre
It is home to the Kimisagara Water Treatment Plant,<ref>{{Cite web |title=wasac.rw |url=https://www.wasac.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Kimisagara_Water_Treatment_Plant.pdf |access-date=2023-12-25 |archive-date=2024-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627031535/https://www.wasac.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Kimisagara_Water_Treatment_Plant.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Kimisagara Youth Centre,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@30.6478679,-97.8386944,15z?entry=ttu |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> the Evangelical Restoration Church,<ref>{{Cite web|title=KIGALI CITY PARISHES|url=https://ercfamily.org/?page_id=22194|website=Evangelical Restoration Church Rwanda|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en-US}}</ref> and the ''Kimisagara [Football for Hope](/source/Football_for_Hope_Movement) Centre.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archnet > Site > Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/15697 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.archnet.org}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
The KN 1 RD runs through the northern side of Kimisagara, and it meets with the KN 3 RD from the north.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://www.rtda.gov.rw/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Road_network_map/2022/Classified_Road_Network_Ao_Map_2022.pdf|website=www.rtda.gov.rw|access-date=2026-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105160045/https://www.rtda.gov.rw/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Road_network_map/2022/Classified_Road_Network_Ao_Map_2022.pdf|archive-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> In the northern part of the sector is the Kigali Nyabugogo Park Bus Station usually referred to as the largest bus terminal in Kigali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099121124152581783/pdf/P1768851e8b19c07b19c141f07a3f3232b0.pdf#:~:text=%2C%20The%20Nyabugogo%20bus%20terminal%20is%20the,for%20the%20buses%20transiting%20through%20to%20the|title=Rwanda Urban Mobility Improvement Project Resettlement Policy Framework}}</ref>

== Sectors ==
Nyarugenge district is divided into 10 [sectors](/source/Sectors_of_Rwanda) (''imirenge''): [Gitega](/source/Gitega_(Rwanda)), [Kanyinya](/source/Kanyinya_(Rwanda)), [Kigali](/source/Kigali_(sector)), Kimisagara, [Mageragere](/source/Mageragere), [Muhima](/source/Muhima), [Nyakabanda](/source/Nyakabanda), [Nyamirambo](/source/Nyamirambo), [Nyarugenge](/source/Nyarugenge) and [Rwezamenyo](/source/Rwezamenyo).<ref>{{Cite web |title=nyarugenge.gov.rw |url=https://www.nyarugenge.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=22076&token=c8375955669c511102b39c10e5e9c6a795f70fc4#:~:text=Nyarugenge%20is%20one%20of%20the,and%20355%20quarters%20(Imidugudu).}}</ref>

== Inhabited places ==
The sector is divided into the following subdivisions: [Kamuhoza](/source/Kamuhoza), [Katabaro](/source/Katabaro), and [Kimisagara](/source/Kimisagara_(subdivision)).<ref>{{Cite web|title=GeoNames.org|url=https://www.geonames.org/7595629/kimisagara.html|website=www.geonames.org|access-date=2026-02-01}}</ref>

== Education ==
The Kimisagara sector is home to the [Ecole Primaire Muganza](/source/Ecole_Primaire_Muganza), ([Muganza Primary School](/source/Muganza_Primary_School)), and the [Kamuhoza Primary School](/source/Kamuhoza_Primary_School).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [Olivier Uwingabire](/source/Olivier_Uwingabire), football defender for Kibuye FC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rayon and Amavubi Stars’ rock at the back|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/841/rayon-and-amavubi-starsa-rock-at-the-back|website=The New Times|date=2007-09-08|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en}}</ref>

* [Olivier Kwizera](/source/Olivier_Kwizera), football goalkeeper for Al-Kawkab FC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Umukinnyi w'icyumweru-Olivier Kwizera|url=http://rusakarumugwaneza.blogspot.com/2012/07/umukinnyi-wicyumweru-olivier-kwizera.html|access-date=2026-02-01|language=fr}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Kigali
Category:Populated places in Rwanda
Category:Nyarugenge District
Category:Sectors of Rwanda

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