GEOGRAPHY
Area:
1,240,278 sq. km. (474,764 sq. mi.); about the size of Texas and
California combined.
Cities: Capital--Bamako (pop. 1,000,000). Other
cities--Segou (200,000), Sikasso (120,000), Mopti (90,000),
Gao (65,000), Kayes (65,000), Timbuktu (38,000).
Terrain: Savannah and desert.
Climate: Semitropical in the south; arid in the north