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Nyamata

Nyamata is a town and sector in the Bugesera District, southeastern Rwanda. Nyamata literally means 'place of milk' from the two Kinyarwanda words nya- 'of' and amata 'milk'. It is the location of the Nyamata Genocide Memorial, commemorating the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

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• Population: 21,509.
• Area: 95 sq km.
• Timezone: Africa/Kigali.

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