Mali republic

The capital:             Bamako

The inhabitants enumerated:             7,696,348 breath of air (estimate 2001)

The language:             The Frenchman (the official language). African languages last identicals [baambaaraa] [wswnjhaay].

The sweat:             Collected of majority: [baambaaraa] and my beans [wtwaaryj] [wswnynky] [wswnwfw] and

The climate:             Hot and dry

Regime of the governing:             The republican

The economy                        

- the currency:             [sy]. ['if]. ['iyh]. Frank

- [aalmwaaryd]:             [Syd] [aalsmk] in river Niger. Metallic: Went, salt, quarrier of phosphate, iron ore, touching and uranium.

The religion:             The Islam (80%), traditional beliefs (18%), Christ (2%)  

History

History

The area was part of the Mali Empire until the 15th century. It was conquered by the French in 1898 and incorporated, as French Sudan, into French West Africa. In 1959 it formed, together with Senegal, the Mali Federation. This became independent in June 1960. Senegal separated two months later. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional government, and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential election was held. Since his reelection in 1997, President KONARE has continued to push through political and economic reforms and to fight corruption. In 1999 he indicated he would not run for a third term