Kayes - Kayes

Kayes

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Kayes region

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Kayes

Kayes (read: "Kai") is a city in the west Malis and capital of the province of the same name.

Kayes region.

getting there

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City map Kayes
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By plane

1 Kayes Airport (aéroport international de Kayes Dag Dag, IATA: KYS).

.Has not been used commercially since 2014.

By train

2 railway station. The city is on the railway line Dakar - Bamakowhich, however, is only in operation twice a week in 2018 (from Tue, Thu, Sun 7.15) to Bamako from the local end point.

By bus

Buses from numerous companies run from Bamako. There are direct buses to Tambacounda in Senegal.

In the street

The RN1 is tarred. It leads via Lakamané (193 km) and Segue (427 km) to the capital Bamako (617 km by road). If you take the branch directly south in Lakamané, the distance traveled, here on a significantly poorer road, extends to 637 km.

From Senegal you can get to the RN1 via the Kidira border crossing/ Diboli.
Would you like to 12.837942-11.2350771 Kéniéba(12 ° 50 ′ 16 ″ N.11 ° 14 ′ 6 ″ W.) across the Senegalese border to 12.931832-11.3804451 Moussala(12 ° 55 '54 "N.11 ° 22 ′ 49 ″ W.) the way there is not (no longer) paved.

The road to Diema (276 km) was tarred but not maintained in 2005/6.

mobility

The city center is small enough to be able to walk.

Tourist Attractions

The bridge over Senegal, which is also a washing place for clothes and cars.

The Catholic Church burned down in 2013.

shop

The business district is on the Senegal River by the bridge and Rue Magdeburg.

accommodation

Directly at the train station are:

Center d'Accueillast change: not specified
Hotel du Rail. Tel.: 223 21 52 60 52. last change: not specified

Upscale

14.436806-11.4452681 Hotel Tieba. Tel.: 223 21 52 60 52. Open: 24 hour reception.Price: 17,500-25,000 CFA, with A / C 22,500-25,000 CFA, w.f.last change: Oct. 2018

14.456686-11.4654622 Hotel Kamankole Palace. Tel.: 223 21 52 41 66. Price: Single 38,000 CFA, Double 41,000 CFA, Suites 67,000-97,000 CFA; 500 tax each.last change: Oct. 2018

health

Hospital Fousseyni Daou, right by the train station.

In the region it only rains from June to October, the remaining seven months are completely dry. From March to June the maximum daily temperatures almost always reach 40 ° C. October and November also get well over 35 ° C.

Practical advice

2 Post office, Rue Magdeburg.

trips

"Forest" near Kayes after the rainy season.

Médine

2 Médine (13 km away in the municipality of Hawa Dembaya). The Fort de Médine, built in 1855, now in ruins, was the first French post in the early capital of the empire of Fulbe (French Peulhs). Around 1865, 12,000 people lived here; it was the largest city in French Sudan. Today the village has fewer than two thousand inhabitants. Otherwise you can still see buildings from the colonial era and a French cemetery.

Chutes de Gouina

Gouina waterfall.

The Senegal River flows between Bafoulabé and Diamou through the Talari-Schnell. The 14.015-11.10251 Gouina waterfall falls sixteen meters to a width of up to 500 meters. The waterfalls are only impressive during the rainy season or shortly afterwards. In the course of the year the amount of water fluctuates between 12-13 m³ / sec and a maximum of 2430 m³ / sec. The EU and China are promoting the construction of a hydropower plant at this point.

Web links

kayesinfos.com (French)

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