Mali
Republic of Mali
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About Mali
Mali is mostly flat, rising to rolling northern plains covered by sand, with savanna around the Niger River in the south, and rugged hills of the Air Massif and Djado Plateau lie in the northeast. It consists of three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan. Most of the country lies in the Sahara Desert.
The old cities like Gao, Djenne, Segou, Mopti and Timbuktu, are exciting travel destinations for travellers interested in pre-colonial North-African civilization.
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General information
- Capital: Bamako
- Language: French (official), Bambara, numerous African languages
- Climate: Subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February
- Timezone: UTC +0
- Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) = 100 centimes
- Electricity plugs: c e (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 12,291,529 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +223
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Malians are mostly farmers and fishermen, with a small percentage of nomadic people. The population consists of diverse Sub-Saharan ethnic groups like the Mande, Peul, Voltaic, and Songhai which share cultural and religious traditions. The Tuareg and Maurs however are desert nomads, related to the North African Berbers.
Religion: Muslim, Indigenous beliefs
National holiday: Independence Day, 22 September (1960)
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