Business in Kayes (Mali)Nioro Sahel

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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)

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

Transport and Logistics

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

Mali (Kayes)

Mali (Kayes) Trade Business

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

Area of Kayes: 22,190 km²
Circle: Kayes (Mali)
Foundation of Kayes: 1880 (by Guessé Sifdi Diallo, King Khassonké)
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

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

Circles of the Kayes region (Mali):