Mali

Zhingoora Books

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300296348
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Mali

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Mali (Africa)

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Introduction ::Mali

Background:

The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a military coup - led by the current president Amadou TOURE– enabling Mali's emergence as one of the strongest democracies on the continent. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first democratic presidential election in 1992 and was reelected in 1997. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, KONARE stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE, who was subsequently elected to a second term in 2007. The elections were widely judged to be free and fair.

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Geography ::Mali

Location:Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Geographic coordinates:17 00 N, 4 00 W

Map references: Africa

Area:

Total:1,240,192 sq km

Country comparison to the world:24

Land:1,220,190 sq km

Water:20,002 sq km

Area - comparative:Slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Land boundaries:

Total:7,243 km

border countries:Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Coastline:0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:None (landlocked)

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Climate:Subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)

Terrain:Mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Senegal River 23 m

Highest point:Hombori Tondo 1,155 m

Natural resources:Gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower

Note:Bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited

Land use:

Arable land:3.76%

Permanent crops:0.03%

Other:96.21% (2005)

Irrigated land:2,360 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:100 cu km (2001)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

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Total:6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%)

Per capita:484 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:Hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding

Environment - current issues:Deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching

Environment - international agreements:

Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling

Signed, but not ratified:None of the selected agreements

Geography - note:Landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan

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People ::Mali

Population:13,796,354 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:67

Age structure:

0-14 years:47.6% (male 3,220,491/female 3,177,823)

15-64 years:49.5% (male 3,241,250/female 3,406,757)

65 years and over:3% (male 189,886/female 207,018) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:16.2 years

Male:15.8 years

Female:16.6 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:2.607% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:26

Birth rate:46.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:3

Death rate:14.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:15 8

Net migration rate:-5.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:201

Urbanization:

Urban population:32% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:4.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.03 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years:0.95 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.92 male(s)/female

Total population:0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total: 113.66 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:4

Male:120.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:106.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

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Total population:52.17 years

Country comparison to the world:208

Male:50.59 years

Female:53.8 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:6.54 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:3

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:1.5% (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:42

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:100,000 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:46

HIV/AIDS - deaths:5,800 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:42

Major infectious diseases:

Degree of risk:Very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vector borne disease:Malaria

Water contact disease:Schistosomiasis

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