Bamako

Bamako (Bambara: ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬, Bàmakɔ̌, Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮, Bamako) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Mali, an currently estimatit tae be the fastest growin ceety in Africae (saxt fastest in the warld). It is locatit on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the Upper an Middle Niger Valleys, in the soothwastren pairt o the kintra. Bamako is the naition's admeenistrative centre as well as a cercle, wi a river port locatit in nearbi Koulikoro, an a major regional tred an conference centre. Bamako is the seivent lairgest Wast African urban centre efter Lagos, Abidjan, Kano, Ibadan, Dakar an Accra. Manufactures include textiles, processed meat, an metal guids. Thare is commercial fishin on the Niger River.

Bamako
Caipital ceety an cercle
View o Bamako
Bamako on the Niger River
Bamako Bamako on the Niger River
Coordinates: 12°39′N 8°0′W
Kintra	Mali
Region	Bamako Capital Destrict
Cercle	Bamako
Subdiveesions	Communes Commune I[1] Commune II[1] Commune III[2] Commune IV[2] Commune V[3] Commune VI[3]
Govrenment
• Teep	Caipital Destrict
• Marie du District	Adama Sangaré[4]
Area
• Caipital ceety an cercle	245.0 km2 (94.6 sq mi)
• Metro	17141.61 km2 (6,618.41 sq mi)
Elevation [5]	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population  (1 Aprile 2009)(Census, proveesional)
• Caipital ceety an cercle	1,809,106
• Density	7384.11/km2 (19,124.8/sq mi)
• Metro	2,757,234
• Metro density	160.85/km2 (416.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-0 (Coordinatit Universal Time)

The name Bamako comes frae the Bambara wird meanin "crocodile river".

Sister ceeties

• Angers, Fraunce (syne 1974)
• Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
• Dakar, Senegal
• Leipzig, Germany
• Rochester, New York United States (syne 1975)
• São Paulo, Brazil (syne 2000)