Rutongo
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Rutongo | |
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  Rutongo Map of Rwanda showing the location of Rutongo | |
| Coordinates: 01°49′03″S 30°03′33″E / 1.81750°S 30.05917°E | |
| Country |  Rwanda |
| Province | City of Kigali |
| District | Gasabo |
| Elevation | 1,579 m (5,180 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 50.000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the capital.
The Rutongo Mines company mined a deposit of cassiterite. In 1948, in his story The New Congo, the journalist Tom Marvel wrote about this "...beautiful mine, as Richesses of Rwanda".;[2][3]
The city houses the Rutongo Major Propaedeutic Seminary.[4]
