Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre
 Ntarama Genocide Memorial | |
  Location within Rwanda | |
| Established | 1 June 2004 |
|---|---|
| Location | Ntarama |
| Coordinates | 2°06′35″S 30°22′26″E / 2.1097°S 30.374°E |
| Type | Genocide museum |
Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre is one of six genocide museums in Rwanda. Five thousand people were killed here in the Catholic church.
Location[]
Ntarama is located in Bugesera District. It is an hour's drive south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country.[1]
Zaza and Sake are just to the south and Kibungo and Nyamata. Nemba Airport is close.[2]
Overview[]
Ntarama's former Catholic church is now a memorial site. Five thousand people were massacred there on 15 April 1994 during the Rwandan genocide.[1]
This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwandan genocide. The others are the Murambi Memorial Centre, the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and others at Nyamata, Bisesero, and Nyarubuye.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Remembering Rwanda's genocide, Catherine Wambua, 1 July 2012, Al Jazeera, Retrieved 2 March 2016
- ^ Ntarama, LatLongWiki, Retrieved 2 March 2016
- ^ Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero et Gisozi, UNESCO, Retrieved 2 March 2015
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