Northern Province

The former Provinces of Ruhengeri and Byumba costly makes up to Northern Province.
The Northern Province shares its Eastern border with the Eastern Province, it borders Uganda in the Northern shares its Western border with the Western province, while Kigali city and the Southern province borders it in the Southern part.

The Province, which abounds in varied diversity of fauna ad flora, has an uneven relief dominated by high mountains and over hanged by a chain of volcanoes, which the climax is the Karisimbi summit with 4507 meters of altitude plus an average altitude of 2000m.

The Northern province was allocated districts during the new redistricting arrangement, and it is important still to note that Mr. Bucagu Boniface heads this province as the Provincial Governor and he is assisted by the Provincial Executive Secretary (P.E.S) who is Kabagamba Deo