Place:Kayes, Mali

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NameKayes
Alt namesKayessource: Wikipedia
TypeRegion
Coordinates14.0°N 11°W
Located inMali
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Koundian
Inhabited place
Ambidédi
Aourou
Badoumbé
Bafing Makana
Bafoulabé
Boulouli
Diangounté Kamara
Dindanko
Dinguira
Diéma
Djibrouïa
Faléa
Foré
Galougo
Gourbassi
Hamdallay Timbou
Kali
Kayes
Kersinyané
Kirané
Kita
Koniakari
Koulouguidi
Kouragué
Kouroukoto
Kourouninkoto
Koussané
Koussili
Kéniéba
Lakamané
Madina
Mahina
Marana
Nioro du Sahel
Sadiola
Sandaré
Satadougou
Sitakili
Sébékoro
Séféto
Séro
Tondidji
Toukoto
Yélimané
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Kayes Region (Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kayi Dineja) is one of eight first level national subdivisions in Mali called Regions. It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of . Its capital is the town of Kayes. The province was historically part of the Ghana Empire and the Mali Empire.

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History

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The region of Kayes is the cradle of the Kingdom of Khasso founded at the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1855, Louis Faidherbe, Governor of Senegal, built a fort at Medina which would be besieged by El Hadj Omar Tall, in an 1857 war against the sovereign of Khasso. In 1892, the town of Kayes became the capital of French Sudan.

The construction of the railway line of Dakar-Niger, inaugurated in 1904, made of Kayes a city-crossroads. Essential at the time, the railroad had an important place in the lives of the inhabitants, as described in Ousmane Sembène's novel God's Bits of Wood.

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