# Mali

Mali

sovereign state, landlocked country, country| Year dem found am | 22 September 1960  |
| Official name | Mali, Mali ka Fasojamana  |
| Native label | Mali  |
| Dem name after | Mali Empire  |
| Anthem | Pour l'Afrique et pour toi  |
| Culture | culture of Mali  |
| Continent | Africa  |
| Country | Mali  |
| Capital | Bamako  |
| Located in time zone | UTC±00:00, Africa/Bamako  |
| Located in/on physical feature | West Africa  |
| Coordinate location | 17°0′0″N 4°0′0″W  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 18°0′0″N 4°15′57″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 25°0′0″N 5°30′0″W  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 10°8′52″N 7°3′0″W  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 14°45′52″N 12°14′24″W  |
| Highest point | Mount Hombori  |
| Lowest point | Senegal River  |
| Office held by head of state | President of Mali  |
| State ein head | Assimi Goïta  |
| Office head of government hold | Prime Minister of Mali  |
| Government ein head | Abdoulaye Maïga  |
| Legislative body | National Assembly  |
| Central bank | Central Bank of West African States  |
| Public holiday | Mali Independence Day  |
| Currency | West African CFA franc  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, Type E  |
| Dey replace | Mali Federation, French Sudan, French West Africa  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Hashtag | Mali  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .ml  |
| Flag | flag of Mali  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of Arms of Mali  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Mali  |
| Get characteristic | partly free country  |
| History of topic | history of Mali  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Mali  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Mali  |
| Madhhab | Malikism  |
| Mobile country code | 610  |
| Country calling code | +223  |
| Emergency phone number | 112, 15, 17, 18  |
| Vehicle registration plate code | RMM  |
| Maritime identification digits | 649  |
| Unicode character | 🇲🇱  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Mali  |

**Mali**, officially de **Republic of Mali**, be landlocked country insyd West Africa. Ebe de eighth-largest country insyd Africa, plus area of over 1,241,238 square kilometres (479,245 sq mi). De country is bordered to de north by Algeria, to de east by Niger, to de northwest by Mauritania, to de south by Burkina Faso den Ivory Coast, den to de west by Guinea den Senegal. De population of Mali be 24,478,595, 47.19% of wich na dem estimate say ebe under de age of 15 insyd 2024. Ein capital den largest city be Bamako. De country get 13 official languages, of wich dem mostly dey speak Bambara.

## Politics den government

### Regions den cercles

Regions of Mali since 2023
Since 2016, na dem divide Mali into ten regions den de District of Bamako. Each region get a governor. De implementation of de two newest regions, Taoudénit (formerly part of Tombouctou Region) den Ménaka (formerly Ménaka Cercle insyd Gao Region), na e dey go on since January 2016; na dem appoint a governor den transitional council give both regions.

Since 2023, Mali add nine new regions to ein administrative structure, wey dey bring de total to 19 regions plus de district of Bamako. Dis reorganization dey aim make e improve governance den bring public services closer to local populations. Dis initiative dey continue de decentralization efforts wey begin plus de creation of de Taoudénit den Ménaka regions insyd 2016. Dem subdivide de nineteen regions into 159 *cercle*s den 815 *communes*.

De *régions* den Capital District be:

| No | Region name | Area (km2) | Population Census 2023 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 00 | Bamako Capital District | 252 | 4 227 569 |
| 01 | Kayes | 62,914 | 1 840 329 |
| 02 | Koulikoro | 71,178 | 2 255 157 |
| 03 | Sikasso | 21,378 | 1 533 123 |
| 04 | Ségou | 31,996 | 2 455 263 |
| 05 | Mopti | 49,077 | 935 579 |
| 06 | Tombouctou | 180,781 | 974 278 |
| 07 | Gao | 89,532 | 727 517 |
| 08 | Kidal | 151,430 | 83 192 |
| 09 | Taoudénit | 323,326 | 100 358 |
| 10 | Ménaka | 81,040 | 318 876 |
| 11 | Bougouni | 41,052 | 1 570 979 |
| 12 | Dioila | 12,984 | 675 965 |
| 13 | Nioro | 24,179 | 678 061 |
| 14 | Koutiala | 14,739 | 1 169 882 |
| 15 | Kita | 44,175 | 681 671 |
| 16 | Nara | 26,213 | 307 777 |
| 17 | Bandiagara | 25,709 | 868 916 |
| 18 | San | 15,516 | 820 807 |
| 19 | Douentza | 63,515 | 170 189 |
| Total | 1,240,192 | 22 395 489 |

## Demographics

### Largest cities in Mali

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of cities in Mali.

| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Mali

According to de 2009 Census |
| --- |
| Rank | Name | Region | Pop. |
| 1 | Bamako | Bamako | 1,810,366 |
| 2 | Sikasso | Sikasso | 226,618 |
| 3 | Koutiala | Sikasso | 141,444 |
| 4 | Ségou | Ségou | 133,501 |
| 5 | Kayes | Kayes | 126,319 |
| 6 | Mopti | Mopti | 120,786 |
| 7 | Kalabancoro | Koulikoro | 96,173 |
| 8 | Gao | Gao | 86,353 |
| 9 | Kati | Koulikoro | 84,500 |
| 10 | San | Ségou | 66,967 |

### Languages

According to de 2009 census, na de languages dem dey speak natively insyd Mali be Bambara by 51.5%, Fula (8.3%), Dogon (6.6%) Soninké (5.7%), Songhai (5.3%), Mandinka (5.2%), Minianka (3.8%), Tamasheq (3.2%), Sénoufo (2%), Bobo (1.9%), Tieyaxo Bozo (1.6%), Kassonké (1.1%), Maure (1%), Dafing (0.4%), Samogo (0.4%), Arabic (Hassaniya) (0.3%), oda Malian languages (0.5%), oda African languages (0.2%), den oda non-African languages (0.2%); 0.7% no declare dema first language.

* "Constitution of Mali" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2008. A student-translated English version Archived 12 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine is also available.
* "Country profile: Mali" (PDF). Library of Congress – Federal Research Division. January 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2024. *This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.*
* DiPiazza, Francesca Davis (2006). *Mali in Pictures*. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Learner Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8225-6591-8. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
* Milet, Eric & Manaud, Jean-Luc (2007). *Mali* (in French). Editions Olizane. ISBN 978-2-88086-351-7.
* Velton, Ross (2004). *Mali*. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-077-0.

* Official website Archived 9 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
* Wikimedia Atlas of Mali
* Geographic data related to Mali at OpenStreetMap
* Mali Archived 30 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Mali profile Archived 24 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine from the BBC News
* Possibilities and Challenges for Transitional Justice in Mali Archived 18 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine from the ICTJ
* Facebook group about Ngoni Archived 19 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine, dem consider am a traditional instrument of Mali; dem sanso know am as Xalam, Jeli N'goni, Hoddu, Khalam, Tehardent, anaa Gambare
* Mali 2012 Trade Summary Statistics Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
* - Mali Population-Worldometer