Bamako
Bamako (Bambara: ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬, Bàmakɔ̌, Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮, Bamako) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Mali, an currently estimatit tae be the fastest growin ceety in Africae (saxt fastest in the warld).
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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 centre as well as a cercle, wi a river port locatit in nearbi Koulikoro, an a major regional tred an conference centre. Bamako is the seivent lairgest Wast African urban centre efter Lagos, Abidjan, Kano, Ibadan, Dakar an Accra. Manufactures include textiles, processed meat, an metal guids. Thare is commercial fishin on the Niger River.
Bamako | |
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Caipital ceety an cercle | |
 View o Bamako | |
 Bamako on the Niger River | |
  Bamako Bamako on the Niger River | |
| Coordinates: 12°39′N 8°0′W / 12.650°N 8.000°W 8°0′W / 12.650°N 8.000°W | |
| Kintra |  Mali |
| Region | Bamako Capital Destrict |
| Cercle | Bamako |
| Subdiveesions | Communes
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| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Caipital Destrict |
| • Marie du District | Adama Sangaré |
| Area | |
| • Caipital ceety an cercle | 245.0 km2 (94.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17141.61 km2 (6,618.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (1 Aprile 2009)(Census, proveesional) | |
| • Caipital ceety an cercle | 1,809,106 |
| • Density | 7384.11/km2 (19,124.8/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,757,234 |
| • Metro density | 160.85/km2 (416.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-0 (Coordinatit Universal Time) |
The name Bamako comes frae the Bambara wird meanin "crocodile river".
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