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Plage aux Hippos

Eastern Province · Rwanda

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Country
Rwanda (RW)
Region
Africa
Administrative area
Eastern Province
Timezone
Africa/Kigali
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2026-04-17

Names in the record

Plage aux Hippos

  • Hippo Beach

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Source position

-1.53270, 30.73020

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  1. GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗

    Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.

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