Gatore

02°19′55″S 30°34′26″E﻿ / ﻿2.33194°S 30.57389°E﻿ / -2.33194; 30.57389

Sector in Eastern Province, Rwanda

Gatore

Sector

Country|  Rwanda
Province| Eastern Province
District| Kirehe District
Area

• Total

| 64.0 km2 (24.7 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,460 m (4,790 ft)
Population

(2022 census)

• Total

| 31,687
• Density| 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)

Location of Gatore (red) within Kirehe district

Gatore is one of the 12 sectors in Kirehe district in Eastern Province in Rwanda.

## Geography

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Gatore covers an area of 64.0 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,460 m. The sector is divided into six cells: Curazo, Cyunuzu, Muganza, Nyamiryango, Rwabutazi and Rwantonde. It borders Kirehe to the northeast, Musaza to the east, Gahara to the southwest, Mutenderi to the west and Murama to the northwest.[1][2][3]

## Demographics

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The population was 31,687 at the census of 2022\. Ten years earlier, it had been 26,923, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 1.6 percent between 2012 and 2022.[1][4]

## Transport

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National Road 4 runs through the north of the sector in an east–west direction.[5][2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren". citypopulation.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
2. ^ a b "Gatore". GeoNames. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
3. ^ "Menya Kirehe". kirehe.gov.rw (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
4. ^ "RPHC5 - District Profile - Kirehe". National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
5. ^ "Classified Road Network Map 2022" (PDF). rtda.gov.rw. Rwanda Transport Development Agency. Archived from the original (PDF; 39,6 MB) on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-10-19.