In this district is where the National Museum and the King’s court, which continue to attract a considerable number of tourists are found. The Southern Province shares its Southern border with the provinces of Ngozi and kayanza of Burundi, it shares its Eastern border with Kigali city, as well as the Eastern province and Kirundo (Burundi), it shares the northern one with the Northern province, while in the west it borders the Western province.

In the recent redistricting arrangemen, the province got 8 new districts which include; Komanyi, Muhanga, Huye, Gisagara, Ruhango, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe as well as Nyanza and  all these are being headed by Mr. Evariste Kabere, who is assisted by the Provincial Executive Secretariat (P.E.S)-Ms Izabiliza Jeanne.

In addition to commerce, mines and services that make an economic domain, thee are other areas where people who mainly live in rural areas indulge, and those are agricultural and animal husbandry.
Meanwhile, it is mainly by road transport, that people move and even transport the goods.

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