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About
Mali: |
 | Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Bamako
Main Cities: Timbuktu, Ségou, Mopti, Sikasso, Kayes, Gao
Population: 10,464,000
Area: 1,240,190 km2
Currency: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes (no longer used)
Languages: French, Mandé group
Religions: Sunni Muslim |
| More about
Mali: a landlocked republic in West Africa: conquered by the French by 1898 and incorporated (as French Sudan) into French West Africa; became independent in 1960; settled chiefly in the basins of the Rivers Senegal and Niger in the south. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority, also animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Bamako. Pop.: 13 408 000 (2004 est.). Area: 1 248 574 sq. km (482 077 sq. miles) Former name (1898-1959): French Sudan. |
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