Kayes

Kayes Region is one of ten first level national subdivisions in called Regions. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 120,760 square kilometres or 46,630 square miles.
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is a city in western on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The city is located 420 kilometres northwest of the capital .

Kayes

Latitude of center
13.9° or 13° 54′ north
Longitude of center
-10.1° or 10° 6′ west
Population
2,000,000
Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2455517
Wiki­data ID
Q332113
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kayes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم كايس
  • Arabic: منطقة كايس
  • Arabic: منطقة كياس
  • Arabic: منطقه كياس
  • Azerbaijani: Kayes (bölgə)
  • Azerbaijani: Kayes
  • Bambara: Káyì
  • Basque: Kayes eskualdea
  • Basque: Kayesko eskualdea
  • Bengali: কায়েস অঞ্চল
  • Bulgarian: Кайес
  • Catalan: Regió de Kayes
  • Cebuano: Kayes Region
  • Chinese: Kayes Khu
  • Chinese: 卡伊区
  • Chinese: 卡伊區
  • Chinese: 卡伊地区
  • Chinese: 開斯區
  • Danish: Kayes
  • Dutch: Kayes
  • Esperanto: Regiono Kayes
  • Estonian: Kayesi piirkond
  • Finnish: Kayesin alue
  • French: Kayes
  • French: La région de Kayes
  • French: Paparah
  • French: Région de Kayes
  • Georgian: კაესის რეგიონი
  • German: ML-1
  • German: Region Kayes
  • Greek: Καγιές
  • Greek: Περιφέρεια Καγιές
  • Gujarati: કાયેસ પ્રદેશ
  • Hindi: कायेस क्षेत्र
  • Hungarian: Kayes régió
  • Indonesian: Region Kayes
  • Italian: regione di Kayes
  • Italian: Regione di Kayes
  • Japanese: カイエ州
  • Japanese: カイ州
  • Kannada: ಕೇಯ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 케스 주
  • Korean: 케스주
  • Latvian: Kajesas reģions
  • Lithuanian: Kajeso regionas
  • Low German: Region Kayes
  • Malay: Kayes Region
  • Marathi: कायेस प्रदेश
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kayes Khu
  • N'Ko: ߞߊ߬ߦߋ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲
  • Northern Frisian: Kayes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kayes
  • Norwegian: Kayes
  • Persian: استان کایس
  • Polish: Region Kayes
  • Portuguese: Caies
  • Portuguese: Kayes
  • Romanian: Regiunea Kayes
  • Russian: Каес
  • Scots: Kayes Region
  • Sinhala: කේයස් කලාපය
  • Sinhala: කේයස් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovenian: Kayes
  • Slovenian: ML-1
  • South Azerbaijani: کایس اوستانی
  • Spanish: Kayes
  • Spanish: Región de Kayes
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Kayes
  • Swedish: Kayes
  • Tamil: கேஎஸ் பகுதி
  • Telugu: కేయెస్ ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: แคว้นกาย
  • Turkish: Kayes Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Каєс
  • Urdu: Kayes Region
  • Urdu: ریجن کیز
  • Urdu: علاقہ کیز
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Kayes
  • Wu Chinese: 卡伊区

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