Sister cities
Twinned with Kigali
8 of 12 in this atlas
Kigali appears in this atlas as a twin of several cities across Africa, China, and Europe. Only two pairings are returned in kind, with Kampala and Lusaka, both regional neighbors. The remaining links, to Chengdu, Durban, Jinan, Pretoria, Rome, and Shenzhen, are named by Kigali alone, without a matching declaration from the other side.
In this atlas8
Twinned in total12
Not reciprocated6
Twinned with Kigali
| City | Country | Distance | Lists back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengdu | CN | 8,598 km | not listed |
| Durban | ZA | 3,105 km | not listed |
| Jinan | CN | 9,864 km | not listed |
| Kampala | UG | 377 km | yes |
| Lusaka | ZM | 1,509 km | yes |
| Pretoria | ZA | 2,653 km | not listed |
| Rome | IT | 5,186 km | not listed |
| Shenzhen | CN | 9,476 km | not listed |
6 of these do not list Kigali back. Twinning is declared independently by each municipality, so one-sided pairs are common — and usually more interesting than the mutual ones.