
Rwanda is divided into four provinces (intara) and the City of Kigali, which are subdivided into thirty districts (uturere).1
Provinces
Rwanda comprises four provinces and one province-level city:1
Prior to 1 January 2006, Rwanda was composed of twelve provinces (known as prefectures up to 2001), but these were abolished in full and redrawn as part of a program of decentralization and reorganization.