Gisenyi

Gisenyi is a locality in Rubavu District, Western Province and has an elevation of 1,525 metres. Gisenyi is situated nearby to the locality Muduha, as well as near Bugoyi.

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Highlights include Gisenyi Airport and Goma International Airport.

Gisenyi Airport

Aerodrome

Gisenyi Airport is an airport in Rwanda. It has IATA airport code GYI.

Goma International Airport

Aerodrome

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Goma International Airport, colloquially known by its acronym AIG based on its French name, is the primary international airport serving Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Munzenze Central Prison

Prison

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Munzenze Central Prison is situated 3½ km northwest of Gisenyi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gisenyi and Goma.

Gisenyi, historically rendered as Kisenyi, is the second largest city in Rwanda, located in the Rubavu district in Rwanda's Western Province. Gisenyi is contiguous with Goma as it was formerly also part of now Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city across the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Goma

Photo: MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Goma is the capital of Northern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the extreme east on the border with Rwanda.

Gisenyi

Type: Locality
Location: Rubavu District, Western Province, Rwanda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-1.6867° or 1° 41′ 12″ south

Longitude

29.2591° or 29° 15′ 33″ east

Elevation

1,525 metres (5,003 feet)

IATA airport code

GYI

Open location code

6GCF8775+8J

GeoNames ID

11186632

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