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Fun fact 1 about Kigali

High Angle View Of Kigali City Street on November 29, 2018. Emmanuel Kwizera
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The name Kigali means 'wide' or 'broad' in Kinyarwanda and was originally applied to Mount Kigali.

Kigali
Rwanda
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Kigali

Rwanda

Country
Rwanda
Population
1.1M
Coordinates
-1.97, 30.10
280th most populous city in the world

Kigali, officially the City of Kigali also known as Kigali City, 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.

From the “Etymology” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Emmanuelkwizera · CC BY-SA 4.0