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Communications of Mali

Telephones - main lines in use:75,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:869,600 (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
domestic: network consists of microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
international: country code - 223; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1 (the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International) (2001)
Radios:570,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:45,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.ml
Internet hosts:278 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):13 (2001)
Internet users:60,000 (2005)

Mali Quickstats

  • Population: 11,995,402 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1.24 million sq km
  • Density: 11 /km² (207th)
  • GDP (total): $14.400 billion (125th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,154 (166th)
  • Literacy: 46.4%

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  • Currency: CFA franc (XOF)
  • Dial code: +223

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