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Summary
- Country: Mali (Republique de Mali)
- Capital: Bamako
- Languages: French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
- Population: 11,995,402 (July 2007 est.)
- Area: 1.24 million sq km
- Border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km
- Climate: subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
- Terrain: mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
- Elevation extremes: lowest point: Senegal River 23 m, highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
- Geography - note: landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan
- Natural resources: gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
- Natural hazards: hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
- Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%
- Government type: Republic
- Administrative divisions: 8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
- Independence: 22 September 1960 (from France)
- National holiday: Independence Day, 22 September (1960)
- Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law
For additional information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html
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