Bamako

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Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, serving as a major political, economic, and cultural center in West Africa.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bamako District 1
Bamako municipal authorities 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
administrativeStatus district-level entity
climate tropical savanna climate
continent Africa
country Mali
countryCallingCode +223
currency West African CFA franc
drainageBasin Niger River
surface form: Niger River basin
governingBody Bamako self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bamako municipal authorities
hasAirport Modibo Keita International Airport
hasEthnicGroup Bambara people
Fulani
surface form: Fulani people

Soninke people
Tuareg
surface form: Tuareg people
hasFeature cultural centers
government buildings
markets
hasFunction administrative center of Mali
trade center in Mali
transport hub in Mali
hasInstitution National Archives of Mali
National Library of Mali
National Museum of Mali
hasRailConnectionTo Dakar
hasUniversity University of Bamako
isCapitalOf Bamako self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bamako District

Mali
isLargestCityOf Mali NERFINISHED
isNationalCapitalOf Mali NERFINISHED
isSeatOf Government of Mali
isServedBy Bamako–Dakar Railway
KöppenClimateClassification Aw
languageInUse Bambara
locatedIn southwestern Mali
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
locatedOnRiver Niger River
majorReligion Islam
officialLanguage French
region West Africa
riverBank left bank of the Niger River
roadNetworkRole node on Dakar–N’Djamena Highway
node on Trans–Sahelian Highway
role cultural center of Mali
economic center of Mali
political center of Mali
timeZone UTC+0
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (16)

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

Mali capital Bamako
Bamako governingBody Bamako self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bamako municipal authorities
Francophonie hasKeyCity Bamako
West Africa hasMajorCity Bamako
Bamako isCapitalOf Bamako self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bamako District
Mali largestCity Bamako
EUTM Mali location Bamako
Angers twinCity Bamako
Bert Koenders workLocation Bamako