Mali

Mali, officially de Republic of Mali, be landlocked country insyd West Africa. Ebe de eighth-largest country insyd Africa, plus area of over ."Mali country profile". BBC News. 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023. 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,"World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022."World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022. 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
alt=A map of former regions of Mali|thumb|Regions of Mali since 2023
Since 2016, na dem divide Mali into ten regions den de District of Bamako. Each region get a governor.DiPiazza, p. 37. 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 cercles den 815 communes.Djiguiba, Issa (21 September 2024). "Administrative and territorial division: the new administrative map of Mali is operational". www.ortm.ml. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

De régions den Capital District be:Coulibaly, Bassidi (October 2013). "Etats Generaux De La Decentralisation" (PDF) (insyd French). arpdeveloppement.com. Retrieved 6 November 2024."CINQUIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L'HABITAT (insyd French)" (PDF). www.instat-mali.org. November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
No Region name  Area (km2) PopulationCensus 202300 BamakoCapital District2524 227 56901 Kayes62,9141 840 32902 Koulikoro71,1782 255 15703 Sikasso21,3781 533 12304 Ségou31,9962 455 26305 Mopti49,077935 57906 Tombouctou180,781974 27807 Gao89,532727 51708 Kidal151,43083 19209 Taoudénit  323,326 100 35810 Ménaka  81,040 318 87611Bougouni 41,0521 570 97912Dioila 12,984675 96513Nioro 24,179678 06114Koutiala14,739 1 169 88215Kita44,175681 67116Nara26,213 307 77717Bandiagara25,709868 91618San15,516820 80719Douentza63,515170 189Total1,240,19222 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"Mali: Regions, Major Cities & Localities". Population Statistics in Maps and Charts. Retrieved 5 September 2019.RankNameRegionPop.1BamakoBamako1,810,3662SikassoSikasso226,6183KoutialaSikasso141,4444SégouSégou133,5015KayesKayes126,3196MoptiMopti120,7867KalabancoroKoulikoro96,1738GaoGao86,3539KatiKoulikoro84,50010SanSégou66,967

 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.

 References 

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 Bibliography 

  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.




External links

 Official website Archived 9 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
 Wikimedia Atlas of Mali

 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