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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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- City of Kigali
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- 70px
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- Rwanda#Africa
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- yes
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- Country
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- Founded
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- Districts
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- GasaboKicukiroNyarugenge
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- Kigali City Council
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- Mayor
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- Samuel Dusengiyumva
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- Total
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- 730
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ville de Kigali
- Demonym
- Kigalian
- Country
- German East Africa
- 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
- Creator
- Richard Kandt
- 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
- P12749
- Tokyo
- native label
- Kigali City
- language used
- Swahili
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Africa
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