Mali
1,258,186 km² · 21st largest of 193
Land borders
Nearest countries
- Burkina Faso · 670 km
- Mauritania · 820 km
- Benin · 1030 km
- Algeria · 1110 km
- Togo · 1130 km
- Guinea · 1240 km
Size
About 1,258,186 km², which is roughly the size of South Africa.
Facts that mention Mali
Where was the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth?
Death Valley, California
Furnace Creek recorded 56.7 C in 1913, a figure still debated, and 54.4 C as recently as 2020-21. Ground temperatures in Iran's Lut Desert are higher but those are surface, not air.
How many countries does the prime meridian cross?
Eight
The UK, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana. It crosses far more ocean than land.