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description: High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mali i/ˈmɑːli/, officially the Republic of Mali (French: R�publique du Mali, French pronunciation: ), is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C�te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km� with a population of 14.5 million. Its capital is Bamako. Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, while the country's southern region, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and S�n�gal rivers. The country's economic structure centers around agriculture and fishing. Some of Mali's natural resources are gold, uranium, and salt.
title: Mali
publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.