Kayes

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Kayes is a city in western Mali known as an important regional transport hub and commercial center near the Senegal River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kayes canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
climateClassification BSh
climateType hot semi-arid climate
country Mali
countrySubdivisionType region capital
elevation approximately 33 meters
hasEconomicLinkWith Mauritania
Senegal
hasFunction market center for surrounding agricultural areas
hasNearbyInfrastructure Senegal River bridges
railway station
river port facilities
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Senegal River valley
linked to: Senegal River

rocky hills
hasRailConnectionTo Bamako
Dakar
hasRoadConnectionTo Bamako
Senegal
historicalRole administrative center in French Sudan
colonial-era transport node
isCommercialCenter true
isNear Senegal River
isRailwayJunction true
isRegionalCapitalOf Kayes Region
isRegionalTransportHub true
knownFor high temperatures
trade and commerce
transport hub role
languageSpoken Bambara
French
Soninké
locatedIn western Mali
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Kayes Region
locatedInTimeZone UTC+0
locatedNearBorderWith Mauritania
Senegal
locatedOn left bank of the Senegal River
locatedOnRailwayLine Dakar–Bamako railway
locatedOnRiver Senegal River
primaryEconomicActivity agricultural products commerce
trade
transport services
region Sahel
transportMode rail
river
road
urbanStatus regional capital city

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mali containsCity Kayes
Southwestern Mali hasMajorCity Kayes
subject linked to: southwestern Mali