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Teenage pregnancies and teenage motherhood are a public health and obstetric healthconcern worldwide. To determine factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Magambotown council in Rubirizi District. This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Magambotown council among youths aged between 15-19 years with a study population of 384participants. A greater of participants were females (100%), by region many were Catholics146(37.9%), majority 175(45.6%) were single and by education many 271(70.5%) were ofsecondary level. 71(18.6%) were pregnant or have given birth before positive while313(81.4%) have never become pregnant. Thus, the prevalence of teenage pregnancy amongyouth aged 15-19 years in Magambo town council is 18.6%. number of partners (3 Vs 1), wassignificant to teenage pregnancy. Participants with one partner were 56% less likely tobecome pregnant compared to those with 3 partners, (aOR=0.442, 95% CI=0.213-0.922). Theprevalence of teenage pregnancy among youth aged 15-19 years was high which wassignificantly associated with number of partners that is having more than one partnerincreases the teenage pregnancy.