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 7

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 (7)

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
Kayes Region → capital → Kayes ⓘ
Kayes Region → containsCity → Kayes ⓘ