Mali

Mali

By: Nathan Mooney

Resources

• Mali’s main resource peanuts, but some gold has been found in northern parts of the country.

People and size

• Mali has 1.6 of all the people that live in Africa and the land covers 1.24 million square kilometers.

Latitude/longitude

17,0,0 LAT 4,0,0 LON

Clothing and food

• The usual clothing is florescent cotton knitting and a normal meal contains chicken and beans.

Jobs

• Like most countries in Africa there main jobs are markets and farms.

Economy

• Mali’s economy is largely agriculturally based, which is simply saying they get most of their money from growing crops and other products.

The leader

• Their leader is Amadou Taumani Toure, he brought along the idea of a multi-party democracy, which is basically what we have, as in Democrat and Republican.

Money making areas.

• BAMako (the capital) Timbuktu, Mapti, Djnnene, Seagu, all tourist hot spots.

Land forms

• The biggest river that runs through Mali is the Niger River and the highest point is Hombori Tondo, the area is mostly covered with desert.

QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!

#1

• What is the most valuable resource in Mali known today?

• Gold

#2

• What's the capital of Mali?

• Bamako

#3

• What is the latitude of Mali?

• 17,0,0

#4

• Whats the longitude?

• 4,0,0

#5

• Who is the leader?

• Amadou Toure.

#6

• Whats the main river?

• The Niger River

#7

• Whats the highest point?

• Homobori Tondo

#8

• If you went to Mali, what would you normally see people wearing?

• Florescent cotton.

#9

• What is the main physical feature?

• Desert.

#10

• What percentage of people who live Africa live in Mali?

• 1.6%

Cited

• All information and images were found on google.