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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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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