Rutongo is a city on the outskirts of the Kigali urban area in Rwanda. It is about 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".
The city houses the Rutongo Major Propaedeutic Seminary.
References
Bibliography Approche socio-économique : secteur artisanal, Commune de Rutongo, Association de coopération et de recherche pour le développement (Rwanda), 1987, 194 p.