mali one people - one goal - one faith author and your presenter: sidy ba
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MaliOne People - One Goal - One Faith
Author and your presenter: Sidy Ba
Geography Location Boundaries Size Relief and Climate Population Natural Resources
Location West Africa Geographic coordinates
are 17°N 4°W
Geography
Source: : www.futura-sciences.com/.../570/carte-Mali.jpg
Mali has 7 countries as neighbors Algeria 1,376 km Niger 821 km Burkina Faso 1,000 km Ivory Coast 532 km Guinea 858 km Senegal 419 km Mauritania 2,237 km
The km’s listed are the lengths of the shared borders
Boundaries
Source:
http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/.../images/fig8-sf.gif
Total area: about 1.24 million sq km land: 1.22 million sq km water: 0.2 million sq km
Size
Mali is watered by the two biggest rivers in West Africa.The Niger River stretches over 1,700 km through Mali where it forms the Inner Niger Delta, one of the biggest natural wetlands (46,000 sq km) in the World
The Senegal River, about 900 km
Significant sub-surface water in the north
Water Resources
Source: http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/.../images/fig8-sf.gif
• Terrain: mostly flat with sand dunes in the north, rugged hills in the southwest and northeast
• Lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
• Highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
Relief
Source: http://www.amenagement-afrique.com/
Sahara zone with 0 to 250 mmSahelian zone with 250 to 1,000
mm Sudanese zone where rainfall
averages between 1,000 and 1,400 mm
Temperatures vary from 4°C to over 50°C (never snows!)
Rainfall per Year and Temperature Range
Estimated at 12,019,000 (2002 est.) Age structure about 46% of the population is under 15 about 4% are over 65
Growth rate: 2.5% per year Life expectancy: 53 years
Population
Four main ethnic groups live harmoniously together in Mali Manding group (Bambara, Malinké - 35% ) Voltaic group (Mossi, Bobo, Minianka, Sénoufo – 17%) Soudanian group (Sarakolé, Songhoï, Dogon, Bozo - 21%) Nomadic group (Fulani, Tuareg, Maure, Arabs - 27%).
Ethnic Groups
Languages Bambara (80%) Fulani (17%) Songhai (6%) More than 20 other languages are used in Mali French is the official language
Religions 95% Muslims 4% Christians 1% Others
Languages and Religions
Bamako, capitol city with about 1.5 million people
Sikasso, Segou, Mopti, Kayes and Gao with about 100,000 people in each
Timbuktu (Tombouctou) the famed, far-distant, ancient city of trade is the location of the first Sub-Saharan African University
Population Centers
Gold (third highest exporter in Africa), phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone (can be used to make Portland cement), uranium, gypsum, granite.
Oil (expected to start exports in 2008), bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not yet exploited.
Shea nuts (for shea butter), mango, vegetables, etc.
Natural Resources
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