One of Rwanda's five provinces · comprises the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama and Butare; divided into districts of Huye, Ruhango, Nyamagabe, Gisagara, Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza and Nyaruguru; capital Nyanza
Sovu village, in Huye District within Southern Province, hosts one of four coffee washing stations of the Maraba coffee cooperative (Abahuzamugambi ba kawa), used by around 400 of the cooperative's farmers
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