Kayes region

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Kayes
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Basic data
Country Mali
Capital Kayes
surface 197,760 km²
Residents 1,996,812 (2009 census)
density 10 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 ML-1

Coordinates: 14 °  N , 10 °  W

Kayes is an administrative region of Mali with 1,996,812 inhabitants. Its capital is the eponymous Kayes , other cities are Nioro du Sahel and Bafoulabé .

Ethnic groups in Kayes are the Khassonké , Malinke , Soninke and Fulbe .

geography

The Kayes region is located in western Mali, bordering Guinea , Senegal and Mauritania . The climate changes from a relatively humid climate in the south via Sudanese conditions to the Sahel zone in the north.

At Bafoulabé, the rivers Bafing and Bakoyé merge to form Senegal .

history

At the beginning of the 19th century, the kingdom of Khasso was located here .

In 1892 the city of Kayes became the capital of the French Sudan colony .

Circles

Bafoulabé , Diéma , Kita , Kéniéba , Kayes , Nioro du Sahel , Yélimané

Landscape in the northwest of Kayes near the Senegalese border

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 840 kB)