What are some interesting facts about Mali? I am doing a project and need to know.?

Answer 1

The link below will take you to any country. It's the CIA link.
https://www.cia.gov/redirects/factbookredirect.html
******************************************* The link below will take you to Mali
EXCERPT FROM LINK BELOW
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Open the link for a multitude of information
about geography, people , etc.
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https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ml.html
People Mali Top of Page
Population:
11,716,829 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 48.2% (male 2,857,670/female 2,787,506)
15-64 years: 48.8% (male 2,804,344/female 2,910,097)
65 years and over: 3% (male 146,458/female 210,754) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 15.8 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.3 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.63% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
49.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Answer 2

Mali is a landlocked country in the middle of West Africa. The capitol is Bamako. Timbuktu is a real city, it's located in the northern part of the country which is mostly Sahara desert. The most commonly spoken or "market" language is Bambara, and the official language is French. There are at least 14 other ethnic languages spoken.
Mali is also known as the home of the Dogon people.
Two well-known Malian musicians were nominated for grammy awards this year: Ali Farka Touré and Salif Keita.
the word "mali" means hippopotamus.
The malian population is about 90% Muslim.
In my opinion, Mali produces the best mangos in the world!
what else would you like to know?

Answer 3

For statistics, history, and facts on any country visit the CIA World Factbook. It's easy and reliable.

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Mali's page
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ml.html

Answer 4

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107759.html

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2828.htm