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| Mali which became an independent republic in 1960 is completely landlocked and is mostly desert or semi-desert. The climate is subtropical to arid and the terrain mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand with savannah in the south and rugged hills in the north-east. |
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| Mali
Diplomatic Representation in the UK |
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
Avenue Molière 487
1050 Brussels
Tel: +322 345 74 32
Fax: +322 344 57 00
Further Information
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| UK
Diplomatic Representation in Mali |
British Embassy Liaison Office (BELO), Bamako
All staff resident at Dakar, Senegal
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Capital
City:
Bamako |
| National
Day :
22 September
Independence day |
Monetary
unit:
1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc = 100 centimes |
| Int.dialling
code: 223 |
Internet
domain: .ml |
| Useful
Information |
| Area:
1.25million sq km |
Population:
13.8 million (UN, 2005) |
| Language:
French (official), Bambara, Berber, Arabic and numerous African languages |
| General:
Travel Advice |
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