Southern Province, Rwanda

Southern Province (; ; ) is one of the five provinces of Rwanda. As of the 2022 census, 3,002,699 people lived there. It has an area of 5,963 km². The capital city is Nyanza.

It was created on 1 January 2006 from the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama, and Butare. It has eight districts of Huye, Ruhango, Nyamagabe, Gisagara, Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza, and Nyaruguru.

Category:2006 establishments in Africa
Category:Provinces of Rwanda