Kigali

province-level city, capital and largest city of Rwanda
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Kigali

Summary

Kigali is a first-level administrative division[1]. Kigali draws 3,325 Wikipedia views per month (first_level_administrative_division category, ranking #5 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kigali is the creator of Richard Kandt[3].
  • Kigali was a member of Wetland City Network[4].
  • Kigali is located in Rwanda[5].
  • Kigali is in the country of Rwanda[6].
  • Kigali is on the body of water Ruganwa[7].
  • Kigali's head of government is recorded as Samuel Dusengiyumva[8].
  • Kigali's instance of is recorded as first-level administrative division[9].
  • Kigali's instance of is recorded as big city[10].
  • Kigali's instance of is recorded as province of Rwanda[11].
  • Kigali's instance of is recorded as largest city[12].
  • Kigali's official language is recorded as Kinyarwanda[13].
  • Kigali's official language is recorded as English[14].
  • Kigali's official language is recorded as French[15].
  • Kigali's official language is recorded as Swahili[16].
  • Kigali's shares border with is recorded as Northern Province[17].
  • Kigali's shares border with is recorded as Eastern Province[18].
  • Kigali's shares border with is recorded as Northern Province[19].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kampala[20].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Bernardino[21].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oklahoma City[22].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Durban[23].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pretoria[24].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lusaka[25].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mainz[26].
  • Kigali's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rome[27].

Body

Geography

Kigali is in the country of Rwanda[6]. Kigali is located in Rwanda[5]. Kigali is on the body of water Ruganwa[7].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+1132686'}[28], {'amount': '+1156663'}[29], {'amount': '+1029384'}[30], {'amount': '+857719'}[31], {'amount': '+603049'}[32], and {'amount': '+1745555'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include first-level administrative division[9], big city[10], province of Rwanda[11], and largest city[12].

History and Context

1907 marks the founding of Kigali[34].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kigali include Kigali International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Rwanda[37].

Why It Matters

Kigali draws 3,325 Wikipedia views per month (first_level_administrative_division category, ranking #5 of 10).[2] Kigali has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Kigali is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Kigali include Kigali International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Rwanda[37].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Constitution of Rwanda. constituteproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Constitution of Rwanda. constituteproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . sistercitiesokc.org. sistercitiesokc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [7] . wikidata.org.
  25. [4] . wetlandcity.org. Retrieved . wetlandcity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . populationstat.com. populationstat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. statistics.gov.rw. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15h ago · Irifasum · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 8d ago · LinguaPonte · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image Kigali2018Cropped.jpg, Green Kigali.jpg, Kigali Convention Center ( Rwanda ).jpg +1
    Legislative body Q139676263
    Freebase id /m/0fnhf
    Native label {'lang': 'rw', 'text': 'Kigali'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kigali City'}
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  3. 15d ago · Irifasum · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity ['Q2424659', 'Q2424726', 'Q2424641']
    Openstreetmap relation id 1708283
    Continent Q15
    Köppen climate classification Q113562
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  4. 15d ago · Irifasum · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Rwanda
    Official language
    Shares border with Northern Province, Eastern Province, Northern Province
    History of topic timeline of Kigali
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 1708283"
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