Ntarama Genocide Memorial
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Established | 1 June 2004 |
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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. 5,000 people were killed here in a Catholic church.
Ntarama is located in Kigali District. It is an hours drive south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country.
Zaza and Sake are just to the south and Kibungo and Nyamata. Nemba Airport is close.
Ntarama's former Catholic church is now a memorial site. 5,000 people were massacred there on 15 August 1994 during the Rwanda Genocide.
This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwanda Genocide. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and others at Nyamata, Bisesero and Nyarubuye.