Cyanika is a village in

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

. It sits adjacent to

Kyanika Kyanika is a settlement in Kisoro District in the Western Region of Uganda. Location Kyanika is in Kisoro District, Kigezi sub-region. The town sits adjacent to Cyanika, across Uganda's international border with Rwanda. The town is approxim ...

, 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

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, 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

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to the north. The other to are Gatuna/ Katuna and 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,

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and of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

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, 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 ...

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 Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925. In elevation, it ranges from in the Semliki River valley to in the Rwenzori Mountains. ...

, in the

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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 halt
As of 9 March 2019. Burera District Northern Province, Rwanda Populated places in Rwanda Rwanda–Uganda border crossings