For administrative purposes the Region of Kayes is divided into seven cercles:
| Cercle name | Area (km2) | Population Census 1998 |
Population Census 2009 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayes | 22,190 | 327,891 | 513,362 | |
| Bafoulabé | 20,220 | 168,731 | 233,926 | |
| Kéniéba | 12,883 | 144,971 | 194,153 | |
| Kita | 35,250 | 303,647 | 434,379 | |
| Diéma | 12,440 | 141,905 | 212,062 | |
| Nioro | 11,060 | 165,708 | 230,488 | |
| Yélimané | 5,700 | 121,463 | 178,442 |
Read more about this topic: Kayes Region