Rutongo
Rutongo Map of Rwanda showing the location of Rutongo
Coordinates: 01°49′03″S 30°03′33″E / 1.81750°S 30.05917°E / -1.81750; 30.05917
Country	Rwanda
Province	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.

History

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]