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Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, located southwest of Algeria. It lies between latitudes 10° and 25°N, and longitudes 13°W and 5°E. Mali borders Algeria to the north-northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,200,000 km2. Mali’s capital is Bamako. The sovereign state of Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers. The country's economy centers on agriculture and mining. Some of Mali's prominent natural resources include gold, being the third largest producer of gold in the African continent and salt. In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern Mali, which is still continuing to date. The vast northern desert part of Mali has a hot desert climate with long, extremely hot summers and scarce rainfall which decreases northwards. The central area has a hot semi-arid climate with very high temperatures year-round, a long, intense dry season and a brief, irregular rainy season. The southern areas have a tropical wet and dry climate. The hot, dry season lasts from March to May. June to October is rainy, humid and mild. November to February is the cool, dry season ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali#Bibliography Wikipedia]). Chimpanzees are known to occur in south-western Mali, mainly west (but also east) of the Bafing river.  

Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, located southwest of Algeria. It lies between latitudes 10° and 25°N, and longitudes 13°W and 5°E. Mali borders Algeria to the north-northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,200,000 km2. Mali’s capital is Bamako. The sovereign state of Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers. The country's economy centers on agriculture and mining. Some of Mali's prominent natural resources include gold, being the third largest producer of gold in the African continent and salt. In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern Mali, which is still continuing to date. The vast northern desert part of Mali has a hot desert climate with long, extremely hot summers and scarce rainfall which decreases northwards. The central area has a hot semi-arid climate with very high temperatures year-round, a long, intense dry season and a brief, irregular rainy season. The southern areas have a tropical wet and dry climate. The hot, dry season lasts from March to May. June to October is rainy, humid and mild. November to February is the cool, dry season ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali#Bibliography Wikipedia]). Chimpanzees are known to occur in south-western Mali, mainly west (but also east) of the Bafing river.