Mali

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country in West Africa landlocked country sovereign state

Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Sudan	4
Central Mali	1
Mali Federation	1
Malian government	1
Northern Mali	1
Republic of Mali	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in West Africa ⓘ landlocked country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy	Algeria ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Guinea ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Niger ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
callingCode	+223 ⓘ
capital	Bamako ⓘ
climateRegion	Sahel ⓘ Sudanian savanna ⓘ
colonialRuler	France ⓘ
containsCity	Gao ⓘ Kayes ⓘ Koutiala ⓘ Mopti ⓘ Sikasso ⓘ Ségou ⓘ Timbuktu ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	West African CFA franc ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bambara ⓘ Dogon ⓘ Fulani ⓘ Songhai people ⓘ surface form: Songhai Tuareg ⓘ
formerName	Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Sudan
governmentType	semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasConflict	Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali conflict
hasInternationalAirport	Modibo Keita International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Niger River ⓘ Senegal River ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	Mali Empire ⓘ Songhai Empire ⓘ
independenceDate	1960-09-22 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	ML ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3	MLI ⓘ
largestCity	Bamako ⓘ
memberOf	African Union ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States Francophonie ⓘ surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
nationalInstrument	kora ⓘ
nationalSport	football ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
partOf	Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sahel region
region	West Africa ⓘ
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Old Towns of Djenné ⓘ Timbuktu ⓘ Tomb of Askia ⓘ
usesScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Mali ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Mali ⓘ

West African languages → areSpokenIn → Mali ⓘ

Blue People → associatedWithRegion → Mali ⓘ

Volta River → basinCountry → Mali ⓘ

Operation Serval → belligerent → Mali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malian government

Mauritania → border → Mali ⓘ

Niger → borderCountry → Mali ⓘ

Senegal → borderCountry → Mali ⓘ

Burkina Faso → borderedBy → Mali ⓘ

Côte d'Ivoire → borderedBy → Mali ⓘ

Guinea → borderedBy → Mali ⓘ

Algeria → borderingCountry → Mali ⓘ

Tuareg cross → circulatesIn → Mali ⓘ

Kel Adagh → colonialHistory → Mali ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Mali ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Mali ⓘ

African-led International Support Mission to Mali → country → Mali ⓘ

Bamako → country → Mali ⓘ

Central Sahara → country → Mali ⓘ

EUTM Mali → country → Mali ⓘ

Gao Region → country → Mali ⓘ

Kel Adagh → country → Mali ⓘ

Kidal Region → country → Mali ⓘ

Malian Armed Forces → country → Mali ⓘ

Mandinka people → country → Mali ⓘ

Operation Serval → country → Mali ⓘ

Timbuktu Region → country → Mali ⓘ

Tuareg → country → Mali ⓘ

Tuareg rebellions in Mali → country → Mali ⓘ

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali → country → Mali ⓘ

West African Economic and Monetary Union → country → Mali ⓘ

2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → countryAffected → Mali ⓘ

Prime Meridian → countryCrossed → Mali ⓘ

G5 Sahel → countryMember → Mali ⓘ

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → countryOfMembers → Mali ⓘ

Ansar Dine → countryOfOrigin → Mali ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Mali ⓘ

EUCAP Sahel Mali → countryServed → Mali ⓘ

West African Development Bank → countryServed → Mali ⓘ

Niger River → countryTraversed → Mali ⓘ

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Mali ⓘ

Senegal River → flowsThrough → Mali ⓘ

Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnCountry → Mali ⓘ

Dakar Rally → formerHostCountry → Mali ⓘ

Mali → formerName → Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Sudan

Maliki → geographicalDistribution → Mali ⓘ

Eco → geographicalScope → Mali ⓘ

Governor-General of French West Africa → hasJurisdictionOver → Mali ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Sudan

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Mali ⓘ