Kigali - Capital of Rwanda

A street scene in Kigali.

Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. Kigali has been Rwanda's main economic and cultural city since it was founded in 1907, and became the capital of the country at independence in 1962.

2024 marks the 30th observance of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months.