Bugesera District

Bugesera District
Shown within Eastern Province and Rwanda
CountryRwanda
ProvinceEastern
CapitalNyamata
Area
 • District
1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • District
551,103
 • Density427.9/km2 (1,108/sq mi)
 • Urban
221,227

Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. It is one of the 30 districts in Rwanda and its capital is Nyamata and is named after the old Kingdom of Bugesera.

The district is the location of two memorial sites of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi at Ntarama and Nyamata.