République du Mali Republic of Mali
Flag Coat of arms
Motto "Un peuple, un but, une foi" "One people, one goal, one faith"
Anthem Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali "For Africa and for you, Mali"
Capital (and largest city)		Bamako 12°39′N, 8°0′W
Official languages		French
Demonym		Malian
Government		semi-presidential republic
-	President	Amadou Toumani Touré
-	Prime Minister	Modibo Sidibé
Independence		from France
-	Declared	September 22, 1960
Area
-	Total	1,240,192 km² (24th) 478,839 sq mi
-	Water (%)	1.6
Population
-	July 2005 estimate	13,518,000 (65th)
-	Density	11/km² (207th) 28/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2005 estimate
-	Total	$14.400 billion (125th)
-	Per capita	$1,154 (166th)
HDI (2004)		0.338 (low) (175th)
Currency		CFA franc (XOF)
Internet TLD		.ml
Calling code

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".

History

Gao

Kayes

Kidal

Koulikoro

Mopti

Ségou

Sikasso

Tombouctou (Timbuktu)

Bamako (capital district)

See also:

• Regions of Mali
• Cercles of Mali

Geography

View over Bamako

Communications in Mali

Foreign relations of Mali

List of Mali-related topics

Military of Mali

Politics of Mali

Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006: Rank 35 out of 168 countries (4 way tie with Australia, Bulgaria, and France)

Scouting in Mali

Transportation in Mali

Media of Mali

See also

Mali Empire

External links

Mali Portal

Find more information on Mali by searching Wikipedia's sister projects
	Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
	Textbooks from Wikibooks
	Quotations from Wikiquote
	Source texts from Wikisource
	Images and media from Commons
	News stories from Wikinews
	Learning resources from Wikiversity

Government

• The Embassy of Mali in Washington DC government information and links

News

• afribone
• allAfrica.com - Mali news headlines
• africatime - Mali
• maliweb

Overviews

• BBC News Country Profile - Mali
• CIA World Factbook - Mali
• United Nations Human Rights - Mali dating from 1997
• Mali Folkecenter - Mali from an organisation aiming to promote the sustainable management of natural resources

Directories

• Open Directory Project - Mali directory category
• Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Mali directory category
• The Index on Africa - Mali directory category
• University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Mali directory category
• Yahoo! - Mali directory category
• Companies directory - Mali directory category

Literature

• Malian literature at a glance
• UNDP Human Development Report 2006 Mali Country Fact Sheet

Tourism

• Mali travel guide from Wikitravel
• official tourism site
• Mali travel guide
• Local Mali Guide Services
• Budapest-Bamako, Great African Run
• Niger Currents: Exploring life and technology along the Niger River
• Mali's photo gallery
• Faces of Mali photo gallery

v • d • e Countries of West Africa
Benin · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Côte d'Ivoire · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Mali · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Togo

v • d • e Countries of Africa

Sovereign states Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt1 · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe Dependencies  |  Unrecognized British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) · Mayotte (France) · Réunion (France) · St. Helena2 (UK)  |  Canary Islands (Spain) · Ceuta (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Melilla (Spain) · Socotra (Yemen) · Puntland · Somaliland · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 1 Partly in Asia.  2 Includes the dependencies of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.

v • d • e African Union (AU)

Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

v • d • e Community of Sahel-Saharan States
Benin · Burkina Faso · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Libya · Mali · Morocco · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sudan · Togo · Tunisia ·

v • d • e Member states and observers of La Francophonie
Members	Albania · Andorra · Belgium (French Community) · Benin · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada (New Brunswick · Quebec) · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Cyprus1 · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia · France (including French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Saint Pierre and Miquelon) · Gabon · Ghana1 · Greece · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · Laos · Luxembourg · Lebanon · Madagascar · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Moldova · Monaco · Morocco · Niger · Romania · Rwanda · St. Lucia · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Switzerland · Togo · Tunisia · Vanuatu · Vietnam
Observers	Armenia · Austria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Georgia · Hungary · Lithuania · Mozambique · Poland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Ukraine
1 Associate member.

v • d • e Member states and observers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Members	Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Benin · Burkina Faso · Brunei · Cameroon · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Egypt · Gabon · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kuwait · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon · Libya · Maldives · Malaysia · Mali · Mauritania · Morocco · Mozambique · Niger · Nigeria · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sudan · Suriname · Syria · Tajikistan · Turkey · Tunisia · Togo · Turkmenistan · Uganda · Uzbekistan · United Arab Emirates · Yemen
Observers	Countries and territories Bosnia and Herzegovina · Central African Republic · Russia · Thailand · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognised by Turkey) Muslim communities Moro National Liberation Front International organizations Economic Cooperation Organization · African Union · Arab League · Non-Aligned Movement · United Nations

v •  • e Afro-Asiatic-speaking nations

v •  • e Berber  Algeria  Egypt  Libya  Mali  Mauritania  Morocco  Niger  Tunisia v •  • e Chadic  Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Niger  Nigeria v •  • e Cushitic Cushitic  Djibouti  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Kenya  Somalia Beja  Egypt  Eritrea  Sudan v •  • e Egyptian    Egypt v •  • e Omotic  Ethiopia v •  • e Semitic Arabic / Maltese  Algeria  Bahrain  Egypt  Iraq  Israel  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Libya  Malta  Mauritania  Morocco  Oman  PNA  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Sudan1  Syria  Tunisia  UAE  W. Sahara  Yemen Northwest Semitic2  Iraq  Israel  Syria South Semitic  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Oman  Yemen 1 excluding Southern Sudan.    2 Aramaic and Hebrew.

v •  • e Niger-Congo-speaking nations

v •  • e Kordofanian  Sudan v •  • e Mande  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Liberia  Côte d'Ivoire  Nigeria  Burkina Faso  Benin  Togo v •  • e Atlantic-Congo Atlantic  Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  CAR Ijoid  Nigeria  Chad  Côte d'Ivoire  Gambia  Guinea Dogon  Mali  Guinea-Bissau  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania  Niger  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Sudan  Togo v •  • e Volta-Congo Senufo  Benin  Côte d'Ivoire  Mali Gur  Benin  Burkina Faso  Côte d'Ivoire  Ghana  Mali  Nigeria  Togo Adamawa-Ubangi  Cameroon  CAR  Chad  Nigeria Kru  Burkina Faso  Côte d'Ivoire  Liberia Kwa  Benin  Côte d'Ivoire  Ghana  Nigeria  Togo v •  • e Benue-Congo Bantu  Angola  Botswana  Burundi  Cameroon  DRC Yoruba and Igbo  Nigeria  Rep. of the Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  Kenya  Nigeria  Malawi  Mozambique  Namibia  Rwanda  Somalia  South Africa  Swaziland  Tanzania  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe CAR = Central African Republic    DRC = Democratic Republic of the Congo

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