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- 1907 - Kigali founded by Europeans in German East Africa when German Richard Kandt "sets up an administrative residence." [1] [2]
- 1913 - Catholic Sainte-Famille Church built.
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1919
- Belgians in power. [3]
- Commissaire Royal du Gouvernement Belge headquartered in Kigali.
- 1922 - Kigali becomes part of Belgian colonial Ruanda-Urundi .
- 1959 - Population: 4,273 (estimate). [4]
- 1962
- 1964 - National Bank of Rwanda headquartered in city. [6]
- 1966 - Bank of Kigali established.
- 1970 - Population: 54,403 (estimate). [7]
- 1973 - Hôtel des Mille Collines in business.
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1975
- Lycée de Kigali (school) opens.
- Francois Karera becomes mayor. [8]
- 1976 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali established; [9] Vincent Nsengiyumva becomes archbishop.
- 1977 - Regional organization to develop Kagera River headquartered in Kigali. [3]
- 1978 - Population: 116,227. [10]
- 1980s - "Smelting plant" begins operating. [3]
- 1986 - Amahoro Stadium opens.
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1990
- September: Catholic pope visits Kigali.
- Tharcisse Renzaho becomes governor of Kigali prefecture. [11]
- 1991 - Population: 234,274 city; [12] 921,050 prefecture . [6]
- 1993 - United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda headquartered in Kigali.
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1994
- 6 April: Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi assassinated . [13]
- 7 April: Massacre at Jesuit Centre Christus occurs at the start of the Rwandan genocide . [14]
- 9 April: Gikondo massacre occurs.
- 23 May: " RPF army captures the Kigali Airport." [15]
- 4 July: The Rwandan Patriotic Army takes Kigali.
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1995
- New Times newspaper begins publication.
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1996
- Kigali Independent University founded.
- Thaddée Ntihinyurwa [ fr ] becomes Catholic archbishop.
21st century
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- 2002 - Population: 603,049. [16]
- 2003 - Kigalicity.gov.rw website launched (approximate date). [17]
- 2004 - Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre opens. [2]
- 2005 - National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda headquartered in city.
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2006
- Aisa Kirabo Kacyira becomes mayor (approximate date). [ chronology citation needed ]
- Kandt House Museum of Natural History established.
- Some of Kigali-Ngali become part of Kigali City. [15]
- 2007 - City centennial observed. [1]
- 2008 - Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange established.
- 2010 - Kigali Special Economic Zone established. [18] [19]
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2011
- February: Fidèle Ndayisaba becomes mayor. [20]
- Kigali City Tower built. [21]
- Rwanda Stock Exchange headquartered in city.
- 2012 - Population: 1,132,686. [22]
- 2013 - City of Kigali Master Plan created. [23]
- 2014 - May: African Development Bank meets in Kigali.
- 2015
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2016
- January–February: Part of 2016 African Nations Championship (football) played in Kigali.
- February: Local election held; [25] Monique Mukaruliza becomes mayor. [26]
- October: International environmental agreement signed in Kigali.
- Kigali Convention Centre built.
- 2017 - February: Pascal Nyamulinda becomes mayor. [27] [ chronology citation needed ]
See also
References
- 1 2 "100 mayors for City centenary celebrations" , Newtimes.co.rw , 4 November 2007
- 1 2 Cybriwsky 2013 .
- 1 2 3 4 Kagwanja 2003 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations . 1966. pp. 140–161.
- ↑ "History of City of Kigali" , Newtimes.co.rw , 20 May 2011
- 1 2 "Rwanda". Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications . 2004. ISBN 1857431839 .
- ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 1980 . New York. pp. 225–252.
- ↑ Jane Perlez (15 August 1994), "Under the Bougainvillea, A Litany of Past Wrongs" , New York Times
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Rwanda" . Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 14 October 2017 .
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United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997).
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants"
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1995 Demographic Yearbook
. New York. pp.
262–321.
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has generic name ( help ) - ↑ "ICD - Renzaho - Asser Institute" . www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org . Retrieved 2022-05-13 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . United Nations Statistics Division .
- ↑ "Rwanda Profile: Timeline" . BBC News . 9 July 2011 . Retrieved 15 October 2017 .
- ↑ Donatella Lorch (17 October 1994), "Kigali Journal; The Rock That Crumbled: The Church in Rwanda" , New York Times
- 1 2 Aimable Twagilimana (2016). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield . ISBN 978-1-4422-5591-3 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" (PDF) . Demographic Yearbook 2010 . United Nations Statistics Division . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Kigalicity.gov.rw" (in French). City of Kigali. Archived from the original on 10 June 2003.
- ↑ "Rush for a piece of Kigali special economic zone" , The EastAfrican , Kenya, 30 May 2014
- ↑ "Businesses relocate to Rwanda's new Special Economic Zone" , Financial Times , London, 23 April 2015
- ↑ "Ndayisaba elected Kigali City Mayor" , Newtimes.co.rw , 27 February 2011
- ↑ "Rwanda: Kigali" . Emporis.com . Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017 . Retrieved 14 October 2017 .
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↑
"Fourth Population and Housing Census: Main Indicators Report (Final Results)"
,
Rwanda Population and Housing Census 2012
, Kigali: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, p.
3, 2014,
Distribution of the Rwandan resident population in 2012 by sex, Province and District
- ↑ Master Plan 2014 .
- 1 2 City of Kigali (2016), Kigali, a rising star in Africa: showcasing the city's five year achievements, 2011-2015 (PDF) , Apex Media and Promotions Ltd, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017
- ↑ "Kigali to get new mayor today" , Newtimes.co.rw , 29 February 2016
- ↑ Ministry of Local Government. "Mayors Contacts" (PDF) . Republic of Rwanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017.
- ↑ "Pascal Nyamulinda takes over as City mayor" , Newtimes.co.rw , 17 February 2017
Bibliography
- Peter Kagwanja ; Mutuma Rutere (2003). "Kigali, Rwanda". In Paul Tiyambe Zeleza ; Dickson Eyoh (eds.). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . Routledge. ISBN 0415234794 .
- Roman A. Cybriwsky (2013). "Kigali". Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture . ABC-CLIO. p. 140+. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9 .
- Tom Goodfellow and Alyson Smith (2013). "From Urban Catastrophe to 'Model' City? Politics, Security and Development in Post-conflict Kigali" (PDF) . Urban Studies . 50 (15): 3185–3202. doi : 10.1177/0042098013487776 . S2CID 154708992 .
- "Kigali City Master Plan 2013" (PDF) , Kigalicity.gov.rw , City of Kigali, 2014, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017
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