The National Museum of Rwanda at Butare

Location of Butare in Rwanda

Butare is a city (pop: 77,000), capital of the former Butare Province, Rwanda, that was dissolved on January 1, 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1307 KB) The National Museum, Butare, Rwanda File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Butare Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1307 KB) The National Museum, Butare, Rwanda File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Butare Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File links Rwanda-Butare. ... Image File history File links Rwanda-Butare. ... Map showing Butare Province Butare was a province (prefecture) of Rwanda prior to its dissolution in January 2006. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Butare has the National University of Rwanda, which like all educational institutions in Rwanda is bilingual, speaking both French and English. It also held the prestigious Nyakibanda Seminary, the Rwandan National Institute of Scientific Research, the Ruhande Arboretum and a cathedral. The National University of Rwanda (NUR; French: Université Nationale du Rwanda) is the largest university in Rwanda. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ...

The city of Butare has long been regarded as the intellectual capital of the coutry, while Kigali holds most political power. The Belgian colonial rulers named the city Astrida in honor of Queen Astrid of Belgium. The first Catholic mission in 1900 in the country was only a few kilometers from the town center, at Save Hill. Kigali, population 603,049 (2002 census), is the capital city of Rwanda and its largest city, lying in the centre of the nation. ... Queen Astrid Astrid of Sweden, Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of King Belgians. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

The National Museum of Rwanda was built in the early 1990's and is a good source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region. It is often referred to in tourist brochures as the finest museum in East Africa.  Eastern Africa (UN subregion)  East African Community  Central African Federation (defunct)  geographic, including above East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. ...

In 2006, the city was renamed into Huye.

Coordinates: 2°36′S 29°45′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...