hovedstad: Bamako
befolkning: 12,291,529
sprog: French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
folk: Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
religion: Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
regeringsform: republic |