Ndera

Coordinates: 1°56′58″S 30°10′11″E / 1.9495°S 30.1697°E / -1.9495; 30.1697
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Ndera
Road leading to Ndera
Road leading to Ndera
Ndera is located in Rwanda
Ndera
Ndera
Coordinates: 1°56′58″S 30°10′11″E / 1.9495°S 30.1697°E / -1.9495; 30.1697
CountryRwanda
ProvinceKigali
DistrictGasabo
Population
 • Total41,764

Ndera is one of the 15 sectors that make up the district of Gasabo found in kigali city.[1] It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the capital.

The sector is popular due to the location of Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital (Caraes Ndera)[2] which is the referral hospital for neuropsychiatric disorders,.[3] which was established in 1968 but received its first patients in 1972 [4] The hospital re-opened in August 1994, and began treating people who had been traumatized by the recent Rwandan genocide.[5] As of 2008, it treated about 2,500 patients monthly.[3]

Ndera sector is also a home to the minor seminary of St. Vincent.[6]

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Citations

  1. ^ "Ndera (Sector, Rwanda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. ^ "NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL". caraesnderahospital.rw. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. ^ a b Ministry of Health Annual Report 2009-2010.
  4. ^ "NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL". caraesnderahospital.rw. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  5. ^ ICRC assisting psychiatric hospital in Kigali.
  6. ^ New rector appointed...

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