It is based in Bamako and has several production sites through the country, in particular at Koutiala and Fana.

The language is most widely spoken in the areas east, south, and northeast of Bamako, where native speakers and / or those that identify as members of the Bambara ethnic group are most densely populated.

Its capital is Bamako.

Mali ’ s main economic link to the coast is a paved road between Bamako and Abidjan in Côte d ’ Ivoire.

The African Development Bank is funding the construction of a road linking Bamako and Kankan in Guinea.

Mali has no seaports because it is landlocked, but Koulikoro on the Niger River near Bamako, serves as a principal river port.

The main airport is Senou International Airport in Bamako, which offers flights to neighboring countries and to Europe.

It is organised into two tank battalions ( T-55, T-54 and T-34 / 85, tanks, including possibly a light armoured battalion of PT-76's and Type 62 light tanks ), four infantry battalions, one Special Forces battalion, one airborne battalion ( possibly the 33rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Djikoroni, in Bamako ), two artillery battalions, one engineer battalion ( 34th ), 2 AD artillery batteries, and one SAM battery.

There is a U. S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali.

* In Bamako, Mali, Lumumba Square is a large central plaza with a life-size statue of Lumumba, a park with fountains, and a flag display.

For instance, Bamako was chosen as the capital of Mali because it is located on the Niger River near the rapids that divide the Upper and Middle Niger Valleys,

The capital Bamako is administered separately and is in its own District.

The city is located northwest of the capital Bamako.

Kayes lies on the Route Nationale 1 ( RN1 ) highway and is by road from Bamako and from the border with Senegal.

The Rail Band, formed in 1970, is one of the most popular groups in the history of Malian music ; it was later known as Super Rail Band, Bamako Rail Band or, most comprehensively and formally, Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako.

It is located 275 miles ( by road ) north-west of the capital Bamako.

Ségou ( Seku, Segu ) is a city in south-central Mali, lying northeast of Bamako on the River Niger, in the region of Ségou.

Segou Koro is located at about fifteen kilometres from Ségou, on the road to Bamako.

Ségou is situated 240 km from Bamako, on the Niger River and has a surface area of 64 947 km².

Drissa Diakité ( born February 18, 1985 in Bamako ) is a Malian footballer who plays for Olympiacos F. C.

Adama Tamboura ( born May 18, 1985 in Bamako ) is a Malian football player currently playing for Danish club Randers.

Mamadou Diallo ( born April 17, 1982 in Bamako, Mali ) is a Malian football ( soccer ) striker, who plays for CS Sedan Ardennes.

Dramane Traoré ( born June 17, 1982 in Bamako ) is a Malian footballer player who plays as a striker for Ukrainian club FC Metalurh Donetsk.

Damba and other Bamana ( and Maninka ) musicians in cities like Bamako are known throughout the country for a style of guitar music called Bajourou ( named after an 18th century song glorifying ancient king Tutu Jara ).

Salif Keïta Traoré ( born 8 December 1946 in Bamako ), known as Keita, is a Malian retired footballer who played as a striker.

The shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International ( 2001 )

While police control barriers are a common sight on African highways, and while illicit demands for bribes at such stops are common in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the Burkina Faso border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa.

On 12 October the same year the population of Bamako attending for the first time an army parade under the command of Captain Tiemoko Konate.

Nonetheless, the Plateau thereafter became an administrative, commercial, and residential district increasingly reserved for Europeans and served as model for similar exclusionary administrative enclaves in French Africa's other colonial capitals ( Bamako, Conakry, Abidjan, Brazzaville ).

Political stability and full rights for all, the subject of the Bamako declaration, are considered key to sustainable development.

On his return journey, begun on 30 July, he took a route more to the south than that originally followed, keeping close to the Niger as far as Bamako, thus tracing its course for some 300 miles.

Under President Modibo Keita, orchestras were state-sponsored and the government created regional orchestras for all seven of the regions, Gao, Kayes, Koulikoro, Mopti, Ségou, Sikasso, Tombouctou and Bamako ( the eighth region, Kidal, was created in 1991 ).

The region of Wassoulou, south of Bamako, became the center for a new wave of danceable music also referred to as wassoulou.

Bakari Sumano, head of the Association of Bamako Griots in Mali from 1994 to 2003, was an internationally-known advocate for the importance of the griot in West African society.

After being transferred back to the capital Bamako in February 1977 in what was claimed to be an action by the government towards national reconciliation in preparation for his release, Modibo Keïta died, still a prisoner, on May 16, 1977.

A monument for Modibo Keïta, was dedicated in Bamako on June 6, 1999.

Nominees for the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006 included Amadou & Mariam for Dimanche à Bamako, Gilberto Gil for Eletracústico, Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle for You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R. D.

Founded in Bamako in 1946, the RDA quickly became one of the most important forces for independence in the region.

The call for the Bamako congress came from the GEC in Dakar.

Rafan Sidibé ( born 12 March 1984 in Bamako ) is a Malian football player who plays for Olympic Safi in the Moroccan Botola.

The economy of the Sangha region doubled since then and its onions are sold as far as the market of Bamako and even Côte d ' Ivoire.

The route to Bamako, suspended since the February 1966 coup, restarted in conjunction with Air Mali operating one of its Il-18s on the route.

The band performed as the house band at the Buffet Bar of the Station Hotel in Bamako, from which it takes its name.

The turboprop Ilyushin-18 was on its way from Prague to Bamako, the capital of Mali, taking technicians and their families, half of them from the Soviet Union, to jobs in Africa.

Air Mali, formerly Compagnie Aérienne du Mali ( abbreviated as CAM ), is an airline headquartered in the Immueble Tomota in Bamako, Mali, that was formed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development through its subsidiary IPS, West Africa and the government of Mali in April 2005.