Welcome to Musanze District, one of the 5 districts of the Northern Province created by the organic law n˚23/2005 dated December 23rd, 2005 and related to administrative entities of the Republic of Rwanda. Its capital is Ruhengeri which is one of the largest cities in Rwanda.

Musanze is the Rwanda's most mountainous district, containing the largest part of the Volcanoes and a National Park with its head office located in Muhoza Sector, downtown the district. Five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga chain (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura) are within the district boundaries