Bamako
| Bamako | |
|---|---|
| — Caipital Ceety an Cercle — | |
 |
|
 |
|
  Bamako
|
|
| Coordinates: 12°39′N 8°0′W / 12.65°N 8°W | |
| Kintra |  Mali |
| Region | Bamako Capital Destrict |
| Cercle | Bamako |
| Subdiveesions | |
| Govrenment | |
| - Marie du District | Adama Sangaré[4] |
| Aurie | |
| - Caipital Ceety an Cercle | 245.0 km2 (94.6 sq mi) |
| - Metro | 17,141.61 km2 (6,618.4 sq mi) |
| Hicht[5] | 350 m (1,148 ft) |
| Indwallers (1 Aprile 2009)(Census, proveesional) | |
| - Caipital Ceety an Cercle | 1,809,106 |
| - Densitie | 7,384.11/km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised word "roond"./sq mi) |
| - Metro | 2,757,234 |
| - Metro densitie | 160.85/km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised word "roond"./sq mi) |
| Time zone | Coordinatit Universal Time (UTC-0) |
Bamako, population 1,809,106 (2009 Census, provisional), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Mali, an currently estimatit tae be the fastest growin ceety in Africae (saxt fastest in the warld). It is locatit on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the Upper an Middle Niger Valleys, in the soothwastren pairt o the kintra. Bamako is the naition's admeenistrative center as well as a cercle, wi a river port locatit in nearbi Koulikoro, and a major regional trade and conference center. Bamako is the seivent lairgest Wast African urban center efter Lagos, Abidjan, Kano, Ibadan, Dakar an Accra. Manufactures include textiles, processed meat, an metal guids. There is commercial fishin on the Niger River.
The name Bamako comes frae the Bambara wird meanin "crocodile river".
[edit] Sister ceeties
Angers, France (syne 1974)
Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Dakar, Senegal
Leipzig, Germany
Rochester, New York United States (syne 1975)
São Paulo, Brazil (syne 2000)
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=21984
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=21982
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.essor.gov.ml/jour/cgi-bin/view_article.pl?id=21983
- ↑ Coupe du Maire du District : Le Stade reçoit son trophée. L'Essor, 24 September 2008
- ↑ http://population.mongabay.com/population/mali/2460596/bamako
