Kayes

Kayes is a city in western on the Sénégal River with a population of 127,368 at the 2009 census. Kayes is the capital of the of the same name. The city is located 420 kilometres northwest of the capital .
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Kayes

Latitude
14.4434° or 14° 26′ 36″ north
Longitude
-11.4379° or 11° 26′ 17″ west
Population
127,000
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
IATA airport code
KYS
United Nations Location Code
ML KYS
Open location code
7C6CCHV6+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 277932033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2455518
Wiki­data ID
Q325164
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Kayes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Kayes
  • Arabic: كايس
  • Bambara: Kayes
  • Bambara: Kayi
  • Bambara: Káyì
  • Basque: Kayes
  • Belarusian: Каес
  • Bengali: কায়েস
  • Bulgarian: Кайес
  • Catalan: Kayes
  • Cebuano: Kayes (kapital sa rehiyon)
  • Cebuano: Kayes
  • Chinese: Kayes
  • Chinese: 卡伊
  • Chinese: 開斯
  • Czech: Kayes
  • Danish: Kayes
  • Dutch: Kayes
  • Dutch: Kayi
  • Dutch: Xaayi
  • Esperanto: Kayes
  • Estonian: Kayes
  • Finnish: Kayes
  • French: Kayes
  • Georgian: კაესი
  • German: Kayes
  • Greek: Καγιές
  • Gujarati: કાયેસ
  • Hausa: Kayes (birni)
  • Hausa: Kayes
  • Hebrew: קאייאס
  • Hebrew: קאייס
  • Hindi: केस
  • Hungarian: Kayes
  • Indonesian: Kayes
  • Irish: Kayes
  • Italian: Kayes
  • Japanese: カイ
  • Japanese: カイェス
  • Kannada: ಕಾಯೆಸ್
  • Korean: 케스
  • Korean: 케이스
  • Latin: Kayes
  • Latvian: Kajesa
  • Lithuanian: Kaesas
  • Lithuanian: Kajesas
  • Malagasy: Kayes
  • Malay: Kayes
  • Marathi: कायेस
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kayes
  • N'Ko: ߞߊ߬ߦߋ߫
  • N'Ko: ߡߙߊ߬ߞߊ߬ ߘߎ߮
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Kayes
  • Northern Frisian: Kayes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kayes
  • Norwegian: Kayes
  • Persian: کایس
  • Polish: Kajes
  • Polish: Kayes
  • Portuguese: Caies
  • Portuguese: Kayes
  • Romanian: Kayes
  • Russian: Каес
  • Silesian: Kayes
  • Sinhala: කේස්
  • South Azerbaijani: کایس
  • Spanish: Kayes
  • Swahili: Kayes
  • Swedish: Kayes (regionhuvudort)
  • Swedish: Kayes
  • Tamil: கஏஸ்
  • Telugu: కేయెస్
  • Thai: กาย
  • Turkish: Kayes
  • Tyap: Kayet
  • Ukrainian: Каєс
  • Urdu: کیز
  • Uzbek: Kayes
  • Venetian: Kayes
  • Vietnamese: Kayes
  • Waray (Philippines): Kayes

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