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

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.

this entity surface form: Northern Mali
Amazigh flag → usedIn → Mali ⓘ
Tifinagh → usedIn → Mali ⓘ
Dakar → wasCapitalOf → Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali Federation