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SenegalAbout Mali
Mali is a country in West Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Mali. In Arabic, the name is written مالي, and the capital باماكو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Mali is Bamako. The official language of Mali is French. Its currency is the West African CFA Franc, with the symbol Fr and the international code XOF. 7 other countries use the same currency, including Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.
Mali covers about 1,240,192 square kilometres, which puts it 23rd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 7 neighbours: Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Senegal. The largest of these neighbours by area is Algeria. Other countries in West Africa include Nigeria, Ghana, and Benin. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Senegal and Guinea, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Mali with the other countries of the same region.