Murama

Murama (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Murama) is one of the 12 sectors in Kayonza District in Rwanda's Eastern Province.

Location of Murama (red) within Kayonza district

Geography

Murama covers an area of 69.06 km² and lies at an altitude of about 1,680 m. The sector is divided into five cells: Bunyentongo, Muko, Murama, Nyakanazi and Rusave. It borders Rwinkwavu to the north, Kabare to the east, Kibungo to the south, Remera to the southwest and Kabarondo to the west..^[1][2][3]

Demographics

The census of 2022 counted 23,381 inhabitants. Ten years earlier, it was 19,945, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.6 percent between 2012 and 2022.^[1][4]