| Official Name: | Cyanika |
| Settlement Type: | Village and sector |
| Total Type: | Village and sector |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cyanika in Rwanda |
| Pushpin Map: | Rwanda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Rwanda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Burera District |
| Area Total Km2: | 40 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 census |
| Population Urban: | 8881 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 44510 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | -1.3444°N 29.7422°W |
| Elevation M: | 1957 |
Cyanika is a village in Rwanda. It sits adjacent to Kyanika, across the international border with neighboring Uganda.[2] Cyanika, also refers to Cyanika Sector, one of the 17 administrative divisions of Burera District.[3]
Cyanika is located in Cyanika Sector, Burera District, Northern Province, approximately 121km (75miles), by road, north-west of Kigali, the capital and largest city of Rwanda.[4] 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 1957m (6,421feet), above sea level.[5]
Cyanika/Kyanika is one of the three major road crossings between Rwanda to the south and Uganda to the north. The other to are Gatuna/Katuna and Kagitumba/Mirama Hills.[6]
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.[7] As of February 2020, attempts by the presidents of Angola, João Lourenço and of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, have not yet resolved the impasse.[8]
The border crossing is in close proximity to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda, and Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]