What is Eastern Province, Rwanda?
[[Image:Rwanda EastProvDists.png|thumb|250px|Location of the Eastern Province in Rwanda]] '''Eastern Province''' ({{lang-rw|Intara y'Iburasirazuba}}; {{lang-fr|Province de l'Est}}; {{lang-nl|Oostelijke Provincie}}) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated of [[Rwanda]]'s five [[Provinces of Rwanda|provinces]]. As of the 2022 census, 3,563,145 people lived there. It has an area of 9,458&nbsp;km². The capital city is [[Rwamagana]]. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the former provinces of Kibungo and Umutara, along with large part of Kigali Rural and part of Byumba. It has seven districts of [[Bugesera District|Bugesera]], [[Gatsibo District|Gatsibo]], [[Kayonza District|Kayonza]], [[Kirehe District|Kirehe]], [[Ngoma District|Ngoma]], [[Nyagatare District|Nyagatare]], and [[Rwamagana District|Rwamagana]]. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:2006 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:Provinces of Rwanda]]