Mali, officially de Republic of Mali, be landlocked country insyd West Africa. Ebe de eighth-largest country insyd Africa, plus area of over 1,241,238 square kilometres (479,245 sq mi). De country is bordered to de north by Algeria, to de east by Niger, to de northwest by Mauritania, to de south by Burkina Faso den Ivory Coast, den to de west by Guinea den Senegal. De population of Mali be 24,478,595, 47.19% of wich na dem estimate say ebe under de age of 15 insyd 2024. Ein capital den largest city be Bamako. De country get 13 official languages, of wich dem mostly dey speak Bambara.
Politics den government
Regions den cercles
Since 2016, na dem divide Mali into ten regions den de District of Bamako. Each region get a governor. De implementation of de two newest regions, Taoudénit (formerly part of Tombouctou Region) den Ménaka (formerly Ménaka Cercle insyd Gao Region), na e dey go on since January 2016; na dem appoint a governor den transitional council give both regions.
Since 2023, Mali add nine new regions to ein administrative structure, wey dey bring de total to 19 regions plus de district of Bamako. Dis reorganization dey aim make e improve governance den bring public services closer to local populations. Dis initiative dey continue de decentralization efforts wey begin plus de creation of de Taoudénit den Ménaka regions insyd 2016. Dem subdivide de nineteen regions into 159 cercles den 815 communes.
De régions den Capital District be:
| No | Region name | Area (km2) | Population Census 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Bamako Capital District |
252 | 4 227 569 |
| 01 | Kayes | 62,914 | 1 840 329 |
| 02 | Koulikoro | 71,178 | 2 255 157 |
| 03 | Sikasso | 21,378 | 1 533 123 |
| 04 | Ségou | 31,996 | 2 455 263 |
| 05 | Mopti | 49,077 | 935 579 |
| 06 | Tombouctou | 180,781 | 974 278 |
| 07 | Gao | 89,532 | 727 517 |
| 08 | Kidal | 151,430 | 83 192 |
| 09 | Taoudénit | 323,326 | 100 358 |
| 10 | Ménaka | 81,040 | 318 876 |
| 11 | Bougouni | 41,052 | 1 570 979 |
| 12 | Dioila | 12,984 | 675 965 |
| 13 | Nioro | 24,179 | 678 061 |
| 14 | Koutiala | 14,739 | 1 169 882 |
| 15 | Kita | 44,175 | 681 671 |
| 16 | Nara | 26,213 | 307 777 |
| 17 | Bandiagara | 25,709 | 868 916 |
| 18 | San | 15,516 | 820 807 |
| 19 | Douentza | 63,515 | 170 189 |
| Total | 1,240,192 | 22 395 489 | |
Demographics
Largest cities in Mali
[edit | edit source] For a more comprehensive list, see List of cities in Mali.
| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Mali
According to de 2009 Census | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | ||||
| 1 | Bamako | Bamako | 1,810,366 | ||||
| 2 | Sikasso | Sikasso | 226,618 | ||||
| 3 | Koutiala | Sikasso | 141,444 | ||||
| 4 | Ségou | Ségou | 133,501 | ||||
| 5 | Kayes | Kayes | 126,319 | ||||
| 6 | Mopti | Mopti | 120,786 | ||||
| 7 | Kalabancoro | Koulikoro | 96,173 | ||||
| 8 | Gao | Gao | 86,353 | ||||
| 9 | Kati | Koulikoro | 84,500 | ||||
| 10 | San | Ségou | 66,967 | ||||
Languages
According to de 2009 census, na de languages dem dey speak natively insyd Mali be Bambara by 51.5%, Fula (8.3%), Dogon (6.6%) Soninké (5.7%), Songhai (5.3%), Mandinka (5.2%), Minianka (3.8%), Tamasheq (3.2%), Sénoufo (2%), Bobo (1.9%), Tieyaxo Bozo (1.6%), Kassonké (1.1%), Maure (1%), Dafing (0.4%), Samogo (0.4%), Arabic (Hassaniya) (0.3%), oda Malian languages (0.5%), oda African languages (0.2%), den oda non-African languages (0.2%); 0.7% no declare dema first language.
