Rwezamenyo

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'''Rwezamenyo''' is a sector ('''umurenge''') in the City of Kigali, Nyarugenge District, Rwanda. It is located in the southwest part of the city of Kigali.

== Geography == It has an elevation of 1524 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rwezamenyo, Rwanda (third-order administrative division) near Nya... |url=https://rw.geoview.info/rwezamenyo,11186542 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=rw.geoview.info |language=en}}</ref> It is, as of 2026, the smallest sector by square kilometers in Rwanda with an area of 1.027 square kilometers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rwanda: Division in Sectors (Districts and Sectors) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/ |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

== Demographics == In 2012, its population was 16,763 inhabitants, and a gender ratio of 8,718 male to 8,045 females.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rwezamenyo (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1110__rwezamenyo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006151152/https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1110__rwezamenyo/ |archive-date=2019-10-06 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=citypopulation.de |language=en}}</ref>

According to the 2022 census, the sector had a total population of 14,754 inhabitants, including 7,556 males and 7,198 females.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Rwezamenyo (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/nyarugenge/1110__rwezamenyo/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref>

The Rwanda Environment Management Authority has hypothesized that the high male-to-female ratio is 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 |date=2013 |title=Kigali: State of Environment and Outlook Report 2013 |url=https://na.unep.net/siouxfalls/publications/Kigali_SOE.pdf |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Rwanda Environment Management Authority}}</ref>

Approximately one quarter of the population (24.1%) is under 15, and 73.3% is between the age of 14 and 64; 2.6% are over the age of 64.<ref name="auto" />

It is the second smallest by population in Kigali only being beaten out by the Kikukiro Sector, in the Kicukiro District.

== Sectors == Nyarugenge district is divided into 10 sectors (''imirenge''): Gitega, Kanyinya, Kigali, Kimisagara, Mageragere, Muhima, Nyakabanda, Nyamirambo, Nyarugenge, and Rwezamenyo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) |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). |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=REPUBLIC OF RWANDA}}</ref>

== Cells == The sector is divided into the following cells: Kabuguru i, Kabuguru ii, Rwezamenyo i, and Rwezamenyo ii.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GeoNames.org |url=https://www.geonames.org/11186542/rwezamenyo.html |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=www.geonames.org}}</ref>

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