Mali
in Western Africa
Africa

National active POI Bordering countries
Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Franc - XOF
Spoken languages:
French, Bambara
Local electricity:
220 V - 50 Hz (plugs: C, E)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 3G
ISO 2-Letter code:
ML
Internet top level domain:
.ml
Country phone prefix:
+223
Local Time (capital):
Timezone:
UTC/GMT offset: hours

Map of Malian Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Mali in Africa. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Old Towns of Djenné. On the list since 1988. The youngest site is Tomb of Askia. On the list since 2004.

Name Since
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
The Bandiagara site is an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with some beautiful architecture (houses, granaries, altars, sanctuaries and Togu Na, or communal meeting-places). Several ...		 1989
Old Towns of Djenné
Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam. ...		 1988
Timbuktu
Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16...		 1988
Tomb of Askia
The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that...		 2004