Cyanika is a populated settlement in
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
. It sits adjacent to
Kyanika, across the international border with neighboring Uganda.
Cyanika, also refers to ''Cyanika Sector'', one of the 17 administrative divisions of Burera District.
Location
Cyanika is located in Cyanika Sector,
Burera District
Burera is a district (''Akarere'') in Northern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyeru.
Geography and tourism
The district lies in the northern part of Rwanda, adjacent to the Ugandan border, and between the cities of Ruhengeri and Byumba. It ...
,
Northern Province, approximately , by road, north-west of
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
, the capital and largest city of Rwanda.
The geographical coordinates of Cyanika, Burera District, Rwanda are:
1°20'40.0"S, 29°44'32.0"E (Latitude:-1.344444; Longitude:29.742222).
Cyanika sits at an average elevation of , above sea level.
Overview
Cyanika/Kyanika is one of the three major road crossings between Rwanda to the south and
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
to the north. The other to are
Gatuna
Gatuna town is a town in northern Rwanda. It is a border town that sits across from the town of Katuna, in neighboring Uganda.
Overview
Gatuna is the busiest border crossing in Rwanda. It handles most of Rwanda's imports and exports, since most ...
/
Katuna
Katuna is a town in the Kabale District of Uganda at the border with Rwanda. The town is also called "Gatuna" in the Kinyarwanda language.
Location
Katuna is located on the Ugandan border with Rwanda, in extreme southwestern Uganda. The town is ...
and
Kagitumba
Kagitumba is a town in Rwanda. It is located at the extreme North Eastern extremity at the confluence of the Kagitumba River and Akagera River. This location is also the tri-point border between Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.
Location
Kagitumba ...
/
Mirama Hills
Mirama Hills is a town in the Western Region of Uganda.
Location
Mirama Hills is located in Ntungamo District, Ankole sub-region. The town is at Uganda's border with Rwanda and lies very close to where the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzani ...
.
In February 2019, Rwanda closed its borders to Ugandans and Ugandan goods, including at the Chanika/Kyanika border crossing. As a result, the annual trade worth approximately US$180 million to Uganda and about US$10 million to Rwanda came to a halt. As of February 2020, attempts by the presidents of Angola,
João Lourenço
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician, who has served as the president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, he became the Cha ...
and of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Félix Tshisekedi
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) ...
, have not yet resolved the impasse.
Points of interest
The border crossing is in close proximity to
Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga N ...
in Rwanda,
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda. It was created in 1991 and covers an area of .
Geography
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located in the Virunga Mountains and encompasses three inactive volcanoes, name ...
in Uganda, and
Virunga National Park
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, in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
References
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External links
Official website of Volcanoes National ParkHow the Rwanda-Uganda border crossing came to a haltAs of 9 March 2019.
Burera District
Northern Province, Rwanda
Populated places in Rwanda
Rwanda–Uganda border crossings