Kigali city tour

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Carlos Zarco

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Distance: 23.76 mi
Elevation gain: 1,755 ft
Technical difficulty: Easy
Elevation loss: 1,680 ft
Max elevation: 5,121 ft
TrailRank: 52
Min elevation: 4,573 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: one hour 45 minutes
Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Coordinates: 4288
Uploaded: October 12, 2019
Recorded: October 2019

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near Kigugu, Kigali (Rwanda)

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The city of Kigali was founded in 1907 by German administrator and explorer Richard Kandt. Rwanda and neighbouring Burundi had been assigned to Germany by the Berlin Conference of 1884, and Germany established a presence in the country in 1897 with the formation of an alliance with the king, Yuhi V Musinga. Kandt arrived in 1899, exploring Lake Kivu and searching for the source of the Nile. When Germany decided in 1907 to separate the administration of Rwanda from that of Burundi, Kandt was appointed as the country's first Resident. He chose to make his headquarters in Kigali due to its central location in the country, and also because the area afforded good views and security. Kandt built himself a house in Nyarugenge, the first European-style house in the city, which remains in use today as the Kandt House Museum of Natural History. Despite a German ordinance written in 1905, which prohibited "non-indigenous natives" from entering Rwanda, Kandt began permitting the entry of Indian traders in 1908, which allowed commercial activity to begin in Rwanda.