  Mali
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| Mali is not the place to go for safaris. What it does have is a smorgasbord of surreal landscapes, beautiful artwork, Timbuktu, castellated mosques made entirely of mud, pink sandstone villages carved into cliff faces, and undulating desert scenes that lo |
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| Capital: Bamako |
| Official languages: French |
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| Government:semi-presidential republic |
| President:Amadou Toumani Touré |
| Vice President:Modibo Sidibé |
| Independence:September 22, 1960Â, France |
| Population:11,995,402 |
| Currency:CFA franc (XOF) |
| Description:Mali is not the place to go for safaris. What it does have is a smorgasbord of surreal landscapes, beautiful artwork, Timbuktu, castellated mosques made entirely of mud, pink sandstone villages carved into cliff faces, and undulating desert scenes that lo |
| Location:Western Africa, southwest of Algeria |
| Area:1.240 000 sq_km |
| Natural Resource gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known |
| Internet Code:.ml |
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