What is Southern Province, Rwanda?
[[Image:Rwanda SouthProvDists.png|thumb|250px|Location of the Southern Province in Rwanda]] '''Southern Province''' ({{lang-rw|Intara y'Amajyepfo}}; {{lang-fr|Province du Sud}}; {{lang-nl|Zuidelijke Provincie}}) is one of the five [[Provinces of Rwanda|province]]s of [[Rwanda]]. As of the 2022 census, 3,002,699 people lived there. It has an area of 5,963&nbsp;km². The capital city is [[Nyanza, Rwanda|Nyanza]]. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare. It has eight districts of [[Huye District|Huye]], [[Ruhango District|Ruhango]], [[Nyamagabe District|Nyamagabe]], [[Gisagara District|Gisagara]], [[Muhanga District|Muhanga]], [[Kamonyi District|Kamonyi]], [[Nyanza District|Nyanza]], and [[Nyaruguru District|Nyaruguru]]. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:2006 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:Provinces of Rwanda]]