{"id":51,"date":"2017-01-04T06:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T06:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/malile\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2022-12-22T05:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:35:52","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/mali\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography &#038; People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_499\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-499\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-499 size-full\" title=\"geography &amp; people of the republic of mali\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15.png\" alt=\"geography &amp; people of the republic of mali\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geography &amp; People<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GEOGRAPHY<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Area<\/strong>: 1\u00a0241\u00a0238 km2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Capital city<\/strong>: Bamako with <strong>3 007 122<\/strong> inhabitants (<strong>2014<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Major cities<\/strong>: Bamako, Sikasso, Mopti, Koutiala, Kayes, S\u00e9gou, Gao<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong>: Subtropical to arid ; hot and dry (March to June); rainy, humid and mild (June to October); cool and dry (November to February)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain<\/strong>: Mostly flat to rolling Northern plains covered by sand ; savannah in South; rugged hills in the Northeas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Highest point:<\/strong> Mount Hombori (<strong>1155m<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Lowest point<\/strong>: Senegal river (<strong>23m<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Temperatures:<\/strong> Temperatures vary from 30 to 40\u00b0 during daytime. Temperatures can reach 45\u00b0 between March and May in Central, Northern and Western parts of the country. During nighttime, temperatures revolve around 25\u00b0 on average and 15\u00b0 between November and February, especially around Gao and Timbuktu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mali is located in the center of West Africa, sharing <strong>7000 Km<\/strong> borders with <strong>7 countries<\/strong>: Burkina Faso, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria and Niger.<br \/>\nMali is a landlocked country.<br \/>\nLocal administration: Mali is divided into <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">10<\/span><\/strong> Regions and the capital District of Bamako, in <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">708 <\/span><\/strong>municipalities and <strong><span style=\"color: #336699;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11\u00a0000<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>villages.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_500\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-500 size-full\" title=\"geography &amp; people of the republic of mali\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16.png\" alt=\"geography &amp; people of the republic of mali\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/16-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geography &amp; People<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><u>PEOPLE<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Population:<\/strong> 20 856 000 inhabitants (2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Annual demographic growth<\/strong>: 3% (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Life expectancy<\/strong>: 55 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0 10px;\">\n<li><strong>Religions:<\/strong> Islam (95%), Christianism and others (5%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mali\u2019s population consists of diverse ethnic groups, with rich historic and cultural traditions. Through history, good inter-ethnic relations throughout the rest of the country were facilitated by easy mobility on the Niger River and across the country\u2019s vast grasslands.<\/p>\n<p>Mali is characterized by three main social values, symbolizing the Malian manners, hospitality and conviviality. These three values are:<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>The Maya<\/strong>, or \u201chumanity\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>The Diatiguiya<\/strong>, or \u201chospitality\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>The Sinankouya<\/strong>, or \u201cjoking kinship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Each ethnic group is traditionally tied to a specific occupation, all working within close proximity. The Bambara, Malinke and Dogon are farmers; the Fulani, Maur and Tuareg are nomadic herders; the Soninke or Saracol\u00e9s are merchants; while the Bozo and Somono are fishers; Sonrhai, Toucouleurs, S\u00e9noufos, Minianka and Khassonk\u00e9 etc.<\/p>\n<p>Although each ethnic group speaks a separate language, nearly 80% of Malians communicate in Bambara, the common language of the market place.<\/p>\n<p>Griots are the keepers of the tradition and make sure of its transmission from generation to generation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Enregistrer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEOGRAPHY: Area: 1\u00a0241\u00a0238 km2 Capital city: Bamako with 3 007 122 inhabitants (2014) Major cities: Bamako, Sikasso, Mopti, Koutiala, Kayes, S\u00e9gou, Gao Climate: Subtropical to arid ; hot and dry (March to June); rainy, humid and mild (June to October); cool and dry (November to February) Terrain: Mostly flat to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/1199"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambamali-jp.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}