Republic of MaliRépublique du Mali(French)Mali ka Fasojamana(Bambara)(browse) |
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Motto: "Un peuple, un but, une foi"
"One people, one goal, one faith" |
Anthem: Le Mali
"Mali"[1]
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Capital
(and largest city) | Bamako
12°39′N8°0′W / 12.65°N 8°W / 12.65; -8 |
| Official language(s) | French |
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| Vernacular languages | Bambara |
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| Ethnic groups | Mande 50%(Bambara, Malinke, Soninke)
Peul 17%
Voltaic 12%
Songhai 6%
Tuareg/Moor 10%
other 5% |
| Demonym | Malian |
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| Government | Unitarysemi-presidentialrepublic |
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| - | Chairperson of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State of Mali | Amadou Sanogo |
| - | Acting President | Dioncounda Traoré |
| - | Acting Prime Minister | Cheick Modibo Diarra |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
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| Independence |
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| - | from France as the Sudanese Republic, with Senegal as the Mali Federation | 4 April 1960 |
| - | as Mali | 22 September 1960 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 1,240,192 km2 (24th)
478,839 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 1.6 |
| Population |
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| - | April 2009 census | 14,517,176[2] (67th) |
| - | Density | 11.7/km2 (215th)
30.3/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $17.872 billion[3] |
| - | Per capita | $1,127[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $10.600 billion[3] |
| - | Per capita | $668[3] |
| Gini (2001) | 40.1 (medium) |
| HDI (2007) |  0.371 (low) (178th) |
| Currency | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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| Time zone | GMT(UTC+0) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+0) |
| Drives on the | right[4] |
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| ISO 3166 code | ML |
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| Internet TLD | .ml |
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| Calling code | 223 |
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