What is Northern Province, Rwanda?
[[Image:Rwanda NorthProvDists.png|thumb|250px|Location of the Northern Province in Rwanda]] '''Northern Province''' ({{lang-rw|Intara y'Amajyaruguru}}; {{lang-fr|Province du Nord}}; {{lang-nl|Noordelijke Provincie}}) is one of the five [[Provinces of Rwanda|province]]s of [[Rwanda]]. As of the 2022 census, 2,038,511 people lived there. It has an area of 3,276&nbsp;km². The capital city is [[Byumba]]. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the former provinces of Ruhengeri and Byumba, along with northern parts of Kigali Rural. It has five districts of [[Burera District|Burera]], [[Gakenke District|Gakenke]], [[Gicumbi District|Gicumbi]], [[Musanze District|Musanze]], and [[Rulindo District|Rulindo]]. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:2006 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:Provinces of Rwanda]]