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Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (French: République du Mali), is a landlocked nation in Western Africa. It is the seventh largest country in Africa. It borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its straight borders on the north stretch into the centre of the Sahara, while the country's south, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers. Formerly French Sudan, the country is named after the Mali Empire. The name of the country comes from the Bambara word for hippopotamus (with the animal appearing on the 5 franc coin), the name of its capital city, Bamako comes from the Bambara word meaning "crocodile swamp". (...) more....
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Mali Facts
- capital: Bamako
- population: 11995402
- area: 1240190
- time zone: GMT +0
- languages: French (official),Bambara 80%,African languages
- religions: Islam 90%,indigenous beliefs 9%
- GDP per capita (PPP): 1300
- literacy: 19
- electricity: 220 V (50 Hz)
- electric plug type: C,E
- calling code: 223
- internet TLD: .ml
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sight Old Towns of Djenné
in Djenne, Mali
Gold trading and the spread of Islam through Central Africa contributed to the Old Towns' elevated stature. Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Sa...
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sight Tomb of Askia
in Gao, Mali
Built by the emperor Aksia Mohamed in his captial city of Gao. . The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao...
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