DeCS

Descriptor English:

Mali

Descriptor Spanish:

Malí

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

Mali

Scope note:

País de África occidental, situado al este de MAURITANIA y al sur de ARGELIA. Su capital es Bamako. Entre 1904 y 1920 se conocía bajo la denominación de Níger-Senegal Superior; con anterioridad a 1958 se denominó Sudán Francés; entre 1958 y 1960 como República Sudanesa; y entre 1959 y 1960 formó parte de la Federación de Mali junto con Senegal. En el año 1960 se proclamó República Independiente.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mali

Descriptor French:

Mali

Entry term(s):

République du Mali

Tree number(s):

Z01.058.290.190.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008302

Scope note:

A country in western Africa, east of MAURITANIA and south of ALGERIA. Its capital is Bamako. From 1904-1920 it was known as Upper Senegal-Niger; prior to 1958, as French Sudan; 1958-1960 as the Sudanese Republic and 1959-1960 it joined Senegal in the Mali Federation. It became an independent republic in 1960.

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

8475

Unique ID:

D008302

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01