Kayes (Bambara Kayi, Soninké Xaayi) is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River, with a population of roughly 100,000 people. Kayes is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The name 'Kayes' comes from the Soninké word 'karré', which describes a low humid place that floods in (...) (from Wikipedia)