Huye District

Huye District
The Ethnographic Museum in Butare
Shown within Southern Province and Rwanda
CountryRwanda
PrefectureSouthern
CapitalButare
Area
  District
581.6 km2 (224.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
  District
381,900
  Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
  Urban
79,744
  Rural
302,156

Huye is one of the eight districts (Akarere) that make up Rwanda's Southern Province. It has a total surface area of 581.6 square Kilometers. It has thirteen sectors and 77 cells with a total of 508 umudugudus (villages) in total. The district has a population of 381,900, with an average of 660 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest city in the province is Butare.