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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Mali
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC 0
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: West African CFA Franc (CFA)
- Country Dialing Code: 223
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List by
- Old Towns of Djenné
- Timbuktu
- Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
- Tomb of Askia
Mali
Location
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
Capital
Bamako
Population
12,291,529 (July 2005 est.)
Regions
8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
Climate
subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February
Ethnic groups
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Religions
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
Languages
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Government type
republic
Background
The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a coup that ushered in democratic government. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first democratic presidential election in 1992 and was reelected in 1997. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, KONARE stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE.
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