Mali Quick Facts | Contact

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Quick Facts

Population: 10,685,948 ( +2.47%AGR July 2000 est.)

Independence: 22 September 1960 (from France )

Capital: Bamako 1,500,000

Literacy: 31%

Official language: French

All languages 32. Languages with Scriptures 4Bi 5NT 5por 15w.i.p

Religions: Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%

Ethnic groups: Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%

Poverty: Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert.

Other Facts: Subsistence agricultural economy frequently devastated by drought, famine, desertification and locust plagues. A secular state with freedom of religion despite the large Muslim majority

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Contact Address

POSTAL ADDRESS

Action Missionnaire Interafricaine
BPE 1502 Bamako
Mali.

PHONE NUMBER

+(223) 6790947
+(223) 6427363

E-MAIL ADDRESS

donchari@yahoo.com
capro_mali@yahoo.com