Rwanda is divided into five provinces (intara) and subdivided into thirty districts (akarere).
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Provinces
editRwanda's provinces are:
Prior to 1 January 2006, Rwanda was composed of twelve provinces (known as prefectures up to 2001), but these were abolished in full and redrawn as part of a program of decentralization and reorganization.