Timeline of Kigali

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kigali, Rwanda.

20th century

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.
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
- Kigali becomes capital of independent Republic of Rwanda.^[3]
- Population: 6,000 (approximate).^[5]
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.
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.
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.
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.
1995
- New Times newspaper begins publication.
1996
- Kigali Independent University founded.
- Thaddée Ntihinyurwa [fr] becomes Catholic archbishop.

21st century

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.
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]
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.[1]
2015
- City of Kigali Town Hall built.^[24]
- Makuza building constructed (approximate date).^[24]
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]}

References

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. Bibcode:2013UrbSt..50.3185G. 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

External links

"Kigali City, Rwanda". BlackPast.org. United States. 4 February 2014.
"(Kigali)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Kigali)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Kigali)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. 15 January 2019. (Bibliography)
"(Kigali)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Kigali)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Kigali)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)

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Timeline of Kigali

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20th century

21st century

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References

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