Eastern Province ( in Kinyarwanda: Intara y'Iburasirazuba; French: Province de l'Est; Dutch: Oostelijke Provincie) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated of Rwanda's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.

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Eastern Province Intara y'Iburasirazuba
Province
Country	Rwanda
Capital	Rwamagana
Districts	List 1. Bugesera 2. Gatsibo 3. Kayonza 4. Kirehe 5. Ngoma 6. Nyagatare 7. Rwamagana
Government
• Governor	CG Emmanuel K. GASANA (2021-)
Area [1]
• Province	9,458 km2 (3,652 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[2]
• Province	3,563,145
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
• Urban	745,935
• Rural	2,817,210
Other settlements	Kibungo, Nyagatare, Nyamata, Gahini, Kabarore, Kagitumba
HDI (2021)	0.526 [3] low · 2nd of 5

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It has seven districts: Bugesera, Gatsibo, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Nyagatare and Rwamagana. The capital city of the Eastern Province is Rwamagana.

The Eastern Province comprises the former provinces of Kibungo and Umutara, most of Kigali Rural, and part of Byumba.

The Akagera National Park is situated is this province.

It is not known when the territory of present day Rwanda was first inhabited, but it is thought that humans moved into the area following the last ice age either in the Neolithic period, around ten thousand years ago, or in the long humid period which followed, up to around 3000 BC.^[4][5] Archaeological excavations have revealed evidence of sparse settlement by hunter gatherers in the late Stone Age, followed by a larger population of early Iron Age settlers, who produced dimpled pottery and iron tools.^[4][6][7] By the 17th century it is thought that most of Rwanda was inhabited, with a fairly even spread of population across the hills of the country.^[8]