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Also known as Kigali City, City of Rwanda, City of Kigali

Kigali (), officially the City of Kigali also known as Kigali City (abbreviated as KGL or CoK), is the capital, largest city, and a province-level administrative unit of Rwanda. It is located near the country's geographic centre, in a landscape of rolling hills marked by valleys and ridges connected by steep slopes. As Rwanda's primate city, Kigali is a relatively young urban centre. Founded in 1907 as a German administrative outpost, it served as a minor administrative centre until it became the national capital at independence in 1962, shifting the main administrative focus away from Huye (f

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Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda, located near the country's geographic center in a hilly landscape. Founded in 1907 as a German outpost, it became Rwanda's national capital in 1962 and has since developed into the country's main administrative hub.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Ville de Kigali
Demonym
Kigalian
Located in
Rwanda
Official language
Swahili
Population
1745555
Area
730
Elevation
1567
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Rwanda
Shares border with
Southern Province
Official website
www.kigalicity.gov.rw
Image
Kigali night life.jpg
Dialing code
25
Said to be same as
Kigali Province
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social media followers
5540
twinned administrative body
Jinan
Commons category
Kigali
topic's main category
Category:Kigali
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kigali
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Kigali
category of associated people
Category:People from Kigali
inception
1907-00-00
time of earliest written record
1301-00-00
different from
Kigali
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Tokyo
native label
Kigali City
language used
Swahili
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WikiProject Africa
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Encyclopedic overview

30 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Pre-colonial period
  • Colonial period
  • Post-independence era
  • Geography
  • Cityscape
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Governance and politics
  • Crime and policing
  • Culture
  • Music and dance
  • Film industry
  • Significant days
  • Cuisine
  • Education
  • Sport
  • Infrastructure
  • Transportation
  • Power
  • Healthcare
  • Media
  • See also
  • Explanatory notes
  • References
  • Citations
  • General and cited references
  • External links

Kigali (), officially the City of Kigali also known as Kigali City (abbreviated as KGL or CoK), is the capital, largest city, and a province-level administrative unit of Rwanda. It is located near the country's geographic centre, in a landscape of rolling hills marked by valleys and ridges connected by steep slopes. As Rwanda's primate city, Kigali is a relatively young urban centre. Founded in 1907 as a German administrative outpost, it served as a minor administrative centre until it became the national capital at independence in 1962, shifting the main administrative focus away from Huye (formerly Astrida).

As of 31 August 2022, Kigali city has a population of 1,745,555 inhabitants, roughly seven times that of the nation's second most populous city, Gisenyi. Kigali's UNHCR coordinate operations for nearly 135,000 refugees and has a special facility in Gashora, to temporarily host refugees who are being resettled from crisis zones, mainly Libya, Yemen or other conflict areas, and provided with medical care, basic services and legal processing. After preparation, they are resettled to countries like the United States or Canada. Also notable, before cancellation in July 2024, the Rwanda asylum plan or "Rwanda Plan" was an agreement to accept deported migrants from the United Kingdom.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kigali” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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