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CLIMATE
Over 40% of the country is desert – the Sharan
zone. When you pass from the semi arid
region to arid Saharan region, the change clearly felt by the virtual
absence of rain. Southern area, the
cultivable land mass called the Sudanese
zone gets 55 inches of rain annually. Towards
the Sahelian region, the semi arid north, it drops down to 8 inches per
annum.
Mid june to November , it is humid and
rainy in the southern area and November to January period is extremely
hot ; heat increasing gradually to the northern
part and in Saheli region, the semi arid area also gets hot due to dry harmattan wind blowing from Sahara
desert. The average temperature in
Sudanese region is 300 c
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Capital: Bamako
Area: 1 240 000 km²
Population: 11 134 000
Currency: 1 US$ = 600 CFA
GDP: 172/543$
HDI : 171/229
Languages: French, Bambara, Senoufo, Sarakole, Dogon, Songhai,
Tuareg, Arab
Ethnic groups: Bambara, Fulani, Tuareg, Soninka, Sénoufi, Songhai,
Malinké
Religions: Muslim 80%, Animist 18%, Christian 2%
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