{{Short description|Hill in Kigali City, Rwanda}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Kigali | image = Mount Kigali.jpg | image_caption = Kigali viewed from the northeast | elevation_m = 1853 | elevation_ref = <ref name="Ali"/> | prominence_m = 400 | location = Rwanda | coordinates = {{coord|1|58|01|S|30|02|18|E|type:mountain_region:RW|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | topo = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Kigali''', or '''Mont Kigali''' in French, is a hill in Kigali City, Rwanda,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kigalicity.gov.rw/index.php?id=55 |title=Nyarugenge |access-date=2022-01-31 |archive-date=2021-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606121528/https://www.kigalicity.gov.rw/index.php?id=55 |url-status=dead }}</ref> after which the city was named. Mount Kigali is located west of the city center in Nyarugenge District. The majority of Nyarugenge District is located on the slopes of Mount Kigali. The western slopes of Mount Kigali end in the valley of the river Nyabarongo. At a height of {{convert|1853|m|ft}}, along with the taller Mont Jali at {{convert|2078|m|ft}} directly to its north, it dominates the other hills in the city, which rise between 1300 and 1600 meters.<ref name="Ali">{{cite thesis |type=MSc |last=Ali |first=Henock Tilahun |date=2016 |title=Digital Urban Terrain Characterization For 1D2D Hydrodynamic Flood Modelling in Kigali, Rwanda |page=10 |publisher=University of Twente |url=http://essay.utwente.nl/83907/1/ali.pdf}}</ref> As a result, Mount Kigali offers expansive views of the entire city of Kigali to the east and north, the Southern Province to the west and south, and the Eastern Province to the east and south. Mount Kigali University is named after the mountain.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rwanda: Mount Kenya University Rwanda Changes Name to Mount Kigali University |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202306050210.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250114151308/https://allafrica.com/stories/202306050210.html |archive-date=2025-01-14 |access-date=2026-02-23 |work=allAfrica.com |language=en}}</ref>
== History == The history of Mount Kigali goes back to the 14th century AD. Rwandan King Cyilima I Rungwe conquered the mountain and the areas surrounding it and, looking at the sprawling land, said, ''Burya iki gihugu ni Kigali'' ("This country is vast").<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-05 |title=Rwanda: Mount Kenya University Rwanda Changes Name to Mount Kigali University |language=en |work=The New Times |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202306050210.html |access-date=2023-06-20}}</ref>
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