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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Region Kayes</span></h1>
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<th style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#F2F4FA; color:#202122;"><a href="Staat" title="Staat">Staat</a>
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<td><a href="Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>
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<td><a href="Kayes" title="Kayes">Kayes</a><span style="display:none"></span>
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<td>197.760 km²
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<th style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#F2F4FA; color:#202122;"><a href="Einwohner" title="Einwohner">Einwohner</a>
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<td>1.996.812 <small>(Zensus 2009)</small>
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<th style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#F2F4FA; color:#202122;"><a href="Bev%C3%B6lkerungsdichte" title="Bevölkerungsdichte">Dichte</a>
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<td>10 Einwohner pro km²
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<th style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#F2F4FA; color:#202122;"><a href="ISO_3166-2" title="ISO 3166-2">ISO 3166-2</a>
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<td><a href="ISO_3166-2%3AML" title="ISO 3166-2:ML">ML-1</a>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Detailkarte der Region bis 2012
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</tbody></table><div><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">14</span><span class="longitude">-10.166666666667</span><span class="elevation"></span></span><span id="coordinates" class="coordinates -print"><span title="Koordinatensystem WGS84">Koordinaten: </span><a class="external text" href="geo:14,-10.166666666667"><span title="Breitengrad">14° <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">10° <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span></div>
<p><b>Kayes</b> ist eine Verwaltungsregion <a href="Mali" title="Mali">Malis</a> mit 1.996.812 Einwohnern.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ihre Hauptstadt ist das gleichnamige <a href="Kayes" title="Kayes">Kayes</a>, weitere Städte sind <a href="Nioro_du_Sahel" title="Nioro du Sahel">Nioro du Sahel</a> und <a href="Bafoulab%C3%A9" title="Bafoulabé">Bafoulabé</a>.
</p><p>Ethnien in Kayes sind die <a href="Khassonk%C3%A9" title="Khassonké">Khassonké</a>, <a href="Malinke" title="Malinke">Malinke</a>, <a href="Soninke" title="Soninke">Soninke</a> und <a href="Fulbe" title="Fulbe">Fulbe</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographie">Geographie</h2></div>
<p>Die Region Kayes nimmt den Westen Malis ein, angrenzend an <a href="Grenze_zwischen_Guinea_und_Mali" title="Grenze zwischen Guinea und Mali">Guinea</a>, <a href="Grenze_zwischen_Mali_und_Senegal" title="Grenze zwischen Mali und Senegal">Senegal</a> und <a href="Grenze_zwischen_Mali_und_Mauretanien" title="Grenze zwischen Mali und Mauretanien">Mauretanien</a>. Das Klima geht von relativ feuchtem Klima im Süden über <a href="Sudan_(Region)" title="Sudan (Region)">sudanische</a> Verhältnisse zu der <a href="Sahelzone" title="Sahelzone">Sahelzone</a> im Norden über.
</p><p>Bei Bafoulabé vereinigen sich die Flüsse <a href="Bafing" title="Bafing">Bafing</a> und <a href="Bakoy%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakoyé">Bakoyé</a> zum <a href="Senegal_(Fluss)" title="Senegal (Fluss)">Senegal</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts lag hier das Königreich von <a href="Khasso" title="Khasso">Khasso</a>.
</p><p>Im Jahr <a href="1892" title="1892">1892</a> wurde die Stadt Kayes Hauptstadt der Kolonie <a href="Franz%C3%B6sisch-Sudan" title="Französisch-Sudan">Französisch-Sudan</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kreise">Kreise</h2></div>
<p><a href="Bafoulab%C3%A9_(Kreis)" title="Bafoulabé (Kreis)">Bafoulabé</a>, <a href="Di%C3%A9ma_(Kreis)" title="Diéma (Kreis)">Diéma</a>, <a href="Kita_(Kreis)" title="Kita (Kreis)">Kita</a>, <a href="K%C3%A9ni%C3%A9ba_(Kreis)" title="Kéniéba (Kreis)">Kéniéba</a>, <a href="Kayes_(Kreis)" title="Kayes (Kreis)">Kayes</a>, <a href="Nioro_du_Sahel_(Kreis)" title="Nioro du Sahel (Kreis)">Nioro du Sahel</a>, <a href="Y%C3%A9liman%C3%A9_(Kreis)" title="Yélimané (Kreis)">Yélimané</a>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215701/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kayes.pdf">INSTAT: Ergebnisse des Zensus 2009</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 22. Juli 2011 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>) (PDF; 840 kB)</span>
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