Kayes
Sign in to saveKayes (; ; ) is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. Kayes is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The city is located northwest of the capital Bamako.
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Kayes is a city in western Mali located on the Sénégal River that serves as the capital of its administrative region. With a population of over 127,000 as of 2009, it is one of Mali's significant urban centers, positioned northwest of the country's capital Bamako.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kayes
- Settlement.native_name
- Kayi, Xaayi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and city
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Bambara
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- Kayi
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Soninké
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Xaayi
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hôtel de Ville de Kayes.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town Hall of Kayes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mali
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- Toponymy
- History
- Economy and transport
- Climate
- Area
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Kayes (; ; ) is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. Kayes is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The city is located northwest of the capital Bamako.
==Toponymy== There are multiple possible etymologies of the name 'Kayes', all derived from the Soninke language. These include: the word , which describes a low humid place that floods in rainy season; the word , a type of grass; , the Soninke name for the rhun palm.