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Business in Kayes (Mali)Nioro Sahel

Trade and Transport in Kayes, Sadiola, Bafoulabé, Kéniéba (Mali), Diéma

The city (commune) of Kayes (the pressure cooker of Africa) is the capital of the Kayes region of the Republic of Mali (Trade and Business in West Africa)

  1. Population of Kayes: 137,000 inhabitants (67,424 inhabitants in 1998)
    1. Population density of Kayes: 6.2 inhabitants /km²
  2. Kayes = Karré in Soninke

Transport and Logistics

  1. Important Road traffic connecting Bamako with Dakar (Senegal)
  2. Distance Kayes-Bamako: 495 kilometres
  3. Kayes Dag Dag International Airport
    1. Links to Bamako and Paris
  4. Dakar-Niger Railway (Dakar, Thiès, Tambacounda, Kayes, Kita, Kati, Bamako, Koulikoro)
  5. Kayes it is on the river bank of the Senegal River

Transport, Trade and Business in Mali Mali (Kayes)

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business

Mali (Kayes) Trade Business

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Transport, Trade and Business in Kayes (Master), Mali

  1. Area of Kayes: 22,190 km²
  2. Circle: Kayes (Mali)
  3. Foundation of Kayes: 1880 (by Guessé Sifdi Diallo, King Khassonké)
  4. Interesting place: Tata of Koniakary (El Hadj Omar), Colonial buildings of Kayes (Malian cultural heritage)

Kayes region (first administrative Malian region)

The city of Kayes (Mali) is the county capital of the Kayes region

  1. Main cities of the region: Kayes, Nioro du Sahel, Diéma, Yélimané, Sadiola, Bafoulabé, Kéniéba and Kita.
  2. Area of the Kayes region: 120,760 km²
  3. Population of the Kayes region: 1,9 million inhabitants
  4. Main ethnicities: Soninke, Khassonké, Malinke (Mandinka), Moors, Fula and Bambara.
  5. Main languages: Bambara, Khassonké, Soninke and Fula
  6. Main resources of the Kayes region: minerals (gold, diamonds, iron)
  7. Gold Mines in Sadiola and Yatela
  8. Main land axes (by Road):
    1. Dakar (Senegal)-Kayes
    2. Nouakchott (Mauritania)-Kayes
    3. Kayes-Diema-Bamako
  9. Contiguous region: Koulikoro
  10. Borders: Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal.
  11. 19th Century: Kingdom of Khasso
Circles of the Kayes region (Mali):
  1. Bafoulabé
  2. Diéma
  3. Kayes
  4. Kéniéba
  5. Kita
  6. Nioro of the Sahel
  7. Yélimané

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