Kigali
province-level city, capital and largest city of Rwanda
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Summary
Kigali is a first-level administrative division[1]. Kigali draws 7,866 Wikipedia views per month (first level administrative division category, ranking #5 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Richard Kandt[3]
- Member of: Wetland City Network[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rwanda[5]
- Country: Rwanda[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ruganwa[7]
- Head of government: Samuel Dusengiyumva[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], province of Rwanda[10], largest city[11]
- Official language: Kinyarwanda[12], English[13], French[14], Swahili[15]
- Shares border with: Northern Province[16], Eastern Province[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Kampala[18], San Bernardino[19], Oklahoma City[20], Durban[21], Pretoria[22], Lusaka[23], Mainz[24], Rome[25], Waremme[26], Chengdu[27], Shenzhen[28], Jinan[29]
- Commons category: Kigali[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[31]
- Said to be the same as: Kigali Province[32]
- Local dialing code: 25[33]
- Inception: 1907[34]
- Official website: https://www.kigalicity.gov.rw/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kigali[36]
- Population: 1,132,686[37], 1,156,663[38], 1,029,384[39], 857,719[40], 603,049[41], 1,745,555[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 1301[43]
- Capital of: Rwanda[44]
- Official name: Umujyi wa Kigali[45], City of Kigali[46], Ville de Kigali[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kigali[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kigali[49]
- Demonym: Kigalian[50]
- Native label: Kigali[51], Kigali City[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kigali include Kigali International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Rwanda[55].
Why It Matters
Kigali has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Kigali is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Kigali include Kigali International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Rwanda[55].