Save, Rwanda

Town and sector in Southern Province, Rwanda

Save

Town and sector

The Catholic Church in Save

Save

Location in Rwanda

Coordinates: 2°32′46″S 29°46′20″E﻿ / ﻿2.546059°S 29.772134°E﻿ / -2.546059; 29.772134
Country|  Rwanda
Province| Southern Province
District| Gisagara
Area

• Town and sector

| 41.08 km2 (15.86 sq mi)
Population

(2022 census)[1]

• Town and sector

| 30,941
• Density| 750/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Urban

| 5,190

Save is a small town and sector in Rwanda. It is located a few miles north of the town of Butare, and in the west of the Gisagara District of Southern Province.[2] There is a church, several schools and a health centre. It is also home to the Mother House of the Benebikira Sisters.

German forces occupied Rwanda in 1897.[3] In 1899 Bishop John Joseph Hirth travelled to that country.[4] There he tried to develop a relationship with King Yuhi Musinga. Hirth gained permission to found the first Catholic missions in Rwanda at Save, Zaza and Nyundo between 1900 and 1901.[5] The first church in Rwanda was built at Save in 1900, a thatched structure. Later it was replaced by a brick building.[6]

Save church old building. In front of it is the newly built church, bigger in size and more modern.

## References

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Citations

1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Save Sector
2. ^ Gisagara Administrative Map.
3. ^ Sundkler & Steed 2000, p. 597.
4. ^ Adekunle 2007.
5. ^ Adekunle 2007, p. 33.
6. ^ The Church of the Holy Spirit.

Sources

* Adekunle, Julius (2007). Culture and Customs of Rwanda. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33177-0. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
* "Gisagara Administrative Map" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
* Sundkler, Bengt G. M.; Steed, Christopher (2000). A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 597\. ISBN 978-0-521-58342-8. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
* "The Church of the Holy Spirit of Save". Access Rwanda Safaris. Retrieved 2013-04-04.

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