Kayes Region ( Bambara : ߞߊߦߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kayi Dineja, Arabic : منطقة كايس , romanized : minṭaqa Kāyas ) is one of ten first level national subdivisions in Mali called Regions . It is the first administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 120,760 square kilometres or 46,630 square miles. Its capital is the town of Kayes . The province was historically part of the Ghana Empire and the Mali Empire .
5-720: Kéniéba Cercle is a subdivision of the Kayes Region of Mali . The administrative center ( chef-lieu ) is the town of Kéniéba . Kéniéba Cercle contains the Malian section of the hilly Bambouk region, the historic gold mining region of the Ghana Empire and the Mali Empire . Kéniéba Cercle is divided from the Senegalese Bambouk by the valley of the Falémé River . The cercle
10-455: Is divided into seven cercles : 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
15-404: Is subdivided into twelve communes : 12°40′N 11°00′W / 12.667°N 11.000°W / 12.667; -11.000 Kayes Region The region of Kayes is bordered to the north by Mauritania , to the west by Senegal , to the south by Guinea and to the east by the region of Koulikoro . In 2009 the region has a population of 1,996,812 inhabitants. Ethnic groups of
20-758: The area include Soninkés , Khassonkés , Malinkés , Dialonkés , and Fulas ( French : Peuls ; Fula : Fulɓe ). Several rivers cross the region: the Baoulé , the Bafing , and the Bakoy which join at the town of Bafoulabé to form the Sénégal River . The Falls of Félou (15 km from Kayes), the Falls of Gouina (60 km to the south-east of Kayes on the Sénégal River), Talari Gorges , Lake Magui and Lake Doro are located in
25-559: The region. At the Guinean border, the climate is rather wet, but becomes Sudanian and later Sahelian to the north. The largest cities in the region are Kayes , Kita , Bafoulabé , Nioro du Sahel , Diéma , Yélimané , Diangounté, Sadiola , and Kéniéba The Bafing National Park and the Boucle du Baoulé National Park are located in the region. For administrative purposes the Region of Kayes
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