Kigali exploit the fact that the government forces were concentrating on the genocide rather than the fight for Kigali. The RPF took control of Kigali on 4 July, a date now commemorated as the Liberation Day national holiday. Although damaged, the city's structure has recovered. Kigali is located in the centre of Rwanda, at . The city is coterminous with the province of Kigali, one of the five provinces of Rwanda introduced in 2006 as part of a restructuring of local government in the country. The city has boundaries with the Northern, Eastern and Southern provinces. The city is divided into
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali Kigali" by Patricia Claxton in 2003 (). It was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for French to English translation. "Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali" was chosen for inclusion in the French version of "Canada Reads", "Le combat des livres", broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by writer, environmentalist and activist Laure Waridel. "Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali" eventually won the contest. Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2004 was awarded to the book by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada. In 2006, a movie inspired by the book, "A Sunday