Mali Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Mali with its capital Bamako is located in Africa (interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria). It covers some 1,240,001 square kilometres (slightly less than twice the size of Texas) with 12,324,000 citizens. French and Bambara are the the languages spoken by people in Mali. Senegal, Niger, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritania and Burkina Faso are bordering countries.

Mali is a landlocked country in the Sahel, bordered by Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. Festival in the Desert takes place in January on the sand northwest of Timbuktu. Three days of amazing music, under the stars and the moon, tiny tents, camel races, and more music and dancing. The Great Mosque The Great Mosque is made completely of mud, was made in 1906, and it has five stories and three towers. Every spring the people replaster the Mosque. Regretfully, entrance to non-muslims is not allowed.

Pictures from Capital (Bamako)

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About Mali

The topography features mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand with savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast. The average density of population is about 9 per km². The climate in Mali can be described as subtropical to arid with hot and dry (February to June), rainy, humid, and mild (June to November), cool and dry (November to February). Potential natural disasters are hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons or recurring droughts or occasional Niger River flooding.

To reach someone in Mali dial +223 prior to a number. There are 81,000 installed telephones. And there are 3,742,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ml". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 9 regions/states in Mali we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Malian population grew at a rate of 2.61% (or by 359,671 citizens). With 201,979 deaths and 635,874 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 3.15%. -74,224 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Mali: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.