Capital of Mali
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, situated on the Niger River in West Africa.
Once a center of Islamic scholarship in the medieval Mali Empire, it now serves as the country's commercial and administrative hub.
The city's name comes from a Bambara phrase meaning "crocodile river."
Senegalese seat of government
Monrovia · Lagos · Abuja · Nairobi · Addis Ababa · Cairo · Algiers · Tunis · Tripoli · Casablanca
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Capital of Mali
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, situated on the Niger River in West Africa.
Once a center of Islamic scholarship in the medieval Mali Empire, it now serves as the country's commercial and administrative hub.
The city's name comes from a Bambara phrase meaning "crocodile river."
1. capital — Dakar, Senegalese seat of government; Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire economic capital); Accra (Ghana's chief city); Freetown (Sierra Leone's seat); Monrovia · Lagos · Abuja · Nairobi · Addis Ababa · Cairo · Algiers · Tunis · Tripoli · Casablanca
GEOGRAPHIC POSITION (COASTAL VS INLAND)Bamako ≠ Dakar Senegalese seat of government; Lagos · Abidjan · Accra · Cape Town · Mombasa
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENTBamako ≠ Reykjavik Iceland's capital city; Nuuk · Oslo · Helsinki · Moscow · Wellington
DEVELOPMENT/GLOBAL PROMINENCEBamako ≠ Paris France's chief city; London · New York · Tokyo · Washington D.C. · Geneva
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Bamako