Bamako

capital of Mali
City city Q3703
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Bamako

Summary

Bamako is a city[1]. Bamako ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,099 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bamako is located in Bamako[3].
  • Bamako is in the country of Mali[4].
  • Bamako is on the body of water Niger River[5].
  • Bamako's head of government is recorded as Adama Sangaré[6].
  • Bamako's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Bamako's instance of is recorded as first-level administrative division[8].
  • Bamako's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Commune 2[9].
  • Bamako's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Commune IV[10].
  • Bamako's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Commune 5[11].
  • Bamako's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Commune 6[12].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rochester[13].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Angers[14].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Maubeuge[15].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dakar[16].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bordeaux[17].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bobo-Dioulasso[18].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Leipzig[19].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ashgabat[20].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as São Paulo[21].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Banjul[22].
  • Bamako's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nouakchott[23].
  • Bamako's Commons category is recorded as Bamako[24].
  • Bamako's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[25].
  • Bamako's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.645833333333, 'lon': -7.9922222222222}[26].
  • Bamako's official website is recorded as https://bamako.ml/[27].

Body

Geography

Bamako is in the country of Mali[4]. Bamako is located in Bamako[3]. Bamako is on the body of water Niger River[5].

Physical Characteristics

Bamako covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+245'}[28]. Bamako sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1810366'}[30], {'amount': '+419239'}[31], {'amount': '+658275'}[32], {'amount': '+1016167'}[33], and {'amount': '+4227569'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7] and first-level administrative division[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bamako include Bamako-Sénou International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Mali[37] and Bamako[38], a film[39], directed by Abderrahmane Sissako[40].

Why It Matters

Bamako ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,099 views/month).[2] Bamako has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

Entities named for Bamako include Bamako-Sénou International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Mali[37] and Bamako[38], a film[39], directed by Abderrahmane Sissako[40].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . cityofrochester.gov. cityofrochester.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . bordeaux.fr. bordeaux.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [5] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . instat-mali.org. instat-mali.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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