Rutongo

Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the capital.

Rutongo
Rutongo
Map of Rwanda showing the location of Rutongo.
Coordinates: 01°49′03″S 30°03′33″E
Country Rwanda
ProvinceKigali
DistrictGasabo
Elevation
1,579 m (5,180 ft)
Population
 • Urban
50.000[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

History

The company Rutongo Mines mined a deposit of cassiterite. In 1948, in his story The New Congo, the journalist Tom Marvel wrote about this "...beautiful mine, as Richesses of Rwanda".[2]; [3]

The city houses the Rutongo Major Propaedeutic Seminary. [4]

gollark: Mine was mostly made for an esoteric programming languages Discord server, so it has an interface for TIO.run, a reminder system for some reason, a fortunes command, and a random number generator.
gollark: What do your bots do?
gollark: 407 here, apparently.
gollark: It actually has a fun feature where I can execute arbitrary code in it for testing.
gollark: I've heard about "cogs", but my thing just has a lot of `@bot.command`s.

References
  1. "Centro nutrizionale in Rwanda" (in Italian). epsilon-onlus.org. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. "Rwanda, le mythe des mots". Gaspard Musabyimana. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  3. "Rutongo Mines: History". tincogroup.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  4. "Rwanda, le mythe des mots". Conférence épiscopale du Rwanda. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

Bibliography
  • (in French) Approche socio-économique : secteur artisanal, Commune de Rutongo, Association de coopération et de recherche pour le développement (Rwanda), 1987, 194 p.
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