Amahoro Stadium
| Amahoro Stadium | |
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 Kigali , Rwanda
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| Coordinates | 1 ° 57 '18.1 " S , 30 ° 6' 52" E |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 15,000–30,000 places (see below) |
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The Stade Amahoro is a multi-purpose stadium in the Rwandan capital Kigali . The facility is mainly used for athletics competitions and football games. The information on audience capacity varies widely. There are 10,000, 15,000, 30,000 and 35,000 seats named as audience capacity.
During the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the stadium was at times a "UN-protected site", which provided refuge for up to 12,000 refugee Tutsi .
In 2010, Paul Kagame held an election party at the stadium after the presidential election.
Web links
- Images at Soccerway , Stadionwelt , Stadium Database and World Stadiums
Individual evidence
- ↑ 10,000 places name Wildstat ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Worldstadia ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Football fans have 15,000 seats ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Football Temple ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Stadium Database and Soccerway .
- ↑ The capacity of 30,000 seats is called by Worldstadiums .
- ↑ According to the stadium world, there should be space for 35,000 visitors.
- ^ Roméo Dallaire : Shakehands with the Devil ; Random House Canada , 2003; ISBN 978-0-679-31171-3 .
- ^ Dagmar Dehmer: Portrait: Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda: “100 percent is democracy too” ; Der Tagesspiegel, August 11, 2010.
