Timeline of Kigali

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

Satellite view of Kigali, circa 2005

Street scene, Kigali, 2006

View of Kigali, 2015

• 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]

See also

• Kigali history
• List of mayors of Kigali
• Chronology of the Rwandan Genocide, 1994
• Timeline of Rwandan history

References

1. "100 mayors for City centenary celebrations", Newtimes.co.rw, 4 November 2007
2. Cybriwsky 2013.
3. Kagwanja 2003.
4. "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.
5. "History of City of Kigali", Newtimes.co.rw, 20 May 2011
6. "Rwanda". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
7. 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.
8. Jane Perlez (15 August 1994), "Under the Bougainvillea, A Litany of Past Wrongs", New York Times
9. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Rwanda". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
10. 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". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
11. "ICD - Renzaho - Asser Institute". www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
12. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
13. "Rwanda Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
14. Donatella Lorch (17 October 1994), "Kigali Journal; The Rock That Crumbled: The Church in Rwanda", New York Times
15. Aimable Twagilimana (2016). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5591-3.
16. "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.
17. "Kigalicity.gov.rw" (in French). City of Kigali. Archived from the original on 10 June 2003.
18. "Rush for a piece of Kigali special economic zone", The EastAfrican, Kenya, 30 May 2014
19. "Businesses relocate to Rwanda's new Special Economic Zone", Financial Times, London, 23 April 2015
20. "Ndayisaba elected Kigali City Mayor", Newtimes.co.rw, 27 February 2011
21. "Rwanda: Kigali". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
22. "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
23. Master Plan 2014.
24. 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
25. "Kigali to get new mayor today", Newtimes.co.rw, 29 February 2016
26. Ministry of Local Government. "Mayors Contacts" (PDF). Republic of Rwanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017.
27. "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. 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)