Kayes Region

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Kayes Region is a large administrative region in western Mali known for its hot climate, mining activities, and position along key transport routes linking Mali to Senegal.

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Label Occurrences
Kayes Region canonical 7

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
administrativeLevel region
bordersCountry Mauritania NERFINISHED
Senegal NERFINISHED
bordersRegion Kayes Cercle NERFINISHED
Koulikoro Region NERFINISHED
capital Kayes NERFINISHED
containsCity Bafoulabé NERFINISHED
Diéma NERFINISHED
Kayes NERFINISHED
Kita NERFINISHED
Yélimané NERFINISHED
country Mali
crossedBy Dakar–Bamako railway NERFINISHED
road corridor between Bamako and Dakar
governedBy Governor of Kayes Region NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossing Kayes–Senegal road crossing
Kidira–Diboli border crossing NERFINISHED
hasClimate hot
semi-arid
hasEthnicGroup Fulani people NERFINISHED
Khassonké people NERFINISHED
Malinké people NERFINISHED
Soninké people NERFINISHED
historicalRegion French Sudan NERFINISHED
knownFor bauxite deposits
gold mining
hot climate
iron ore deposits
mining activities
transport corridors
languageUsed Bambara NERFINISHED
French
Pulaar
Soninké NERFINISHED
locatedIn western Mali
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock raising
mining
partOf Republic of Mali NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Mali NERFINISHED
timeZone UTC+0
transportRole gateway to Atlantic ports via Senegal
link between Mali and Senegal
traversedBy Falémé River NERFINISHED
Senegal River NERFINISHED

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kayes isRegionalCapitalOf Kayes Region
Kayes locatedInAdministrativeRegion Kayes Region
Koulikoro bordersRegion Kayes Region
subject surface form: Koulikoro Region
Kayes, Mali locatedIn Kayes Region
Kayes, Mali isCapitalOf Kayes Region
southwestern Mali contains Kayes Region
subject surface form: Southwestern Mali
Manantali Dam locatedIn Kayes Region