Mali

Landlocked Saharan republic

Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, one of the largest nations on the continent.

Much of its territory lies in the Sahara Desert.

The ancient city of Timbuktu, once a center of Islamic learning and trans-Saharan trade, is located in Mali.

The political situation in Mali has been unstable since the 2012 coup. (Lowercase mali appears in Latin legal phrases.)

country

Bamako

Malian capital city

TimbuktuMalian city, byword for remoteness
SahelSemi-arid African transition zone
Niger RiverWest African watercourse

Tuareg · Fulani · Francophone · West Africa · landlocked

empire

Timbuktu

Malian city, byword for remoteness

goldElement seventy-nine
salt tradeCommerce in crystalline preservative
medievalOf the Middle Ages

kingdom · wealth · pilgrimage · scholarship · caravan · conquest · legendary · Africa

geography

Sahel

Semi-arid African transition zone

SaharaLargest hot desert
Niger RiverWest African watercourse
savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees

desert · drought · escarpment · floodplain · arid · rainy season · delta · dunes · harmattan

Categories

African GeographySouth Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana
decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
Francophone AfricaSenegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger, Chad
Niger RiverNiger River, Niger Delta, source, mouth, tributary
Saharadunes, erg, oasis, camel, caravan
West AfricaNigeria, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Liberia

Opposites

geographic access to sea

East Asian archipelago nation

Indonesia · United Kingdom · Philippines · New Zealand · Singapore

economic development

European grand duchy

Switzerland · Norway · Singapore · Qatar · United States

climate and geography

North Atlantic island republic

New Zealand · Costa Rica · Norway · Scotland · Amazon

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G