| Name: | Mali (Republic of Mali) |
| Local name (French): | Mali (République du Mali) |
| Former name: | French Sudan (Soudan Français) – until 1960 |
| Bordering countries: | Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Algeria |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 1 240 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 11 626 ths. |
| Capital: | Bamako |
| Official language: | French |
