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Bamako, Mali || __**Location**__ Topeka, Kansas (The Sunflower State) || area in the south. Mali is located in north western Africa. || Relative Location: Topeka is located in north east- ern Kansas. Kansas is located in Central United States. || Per year: 20 inches. || Rainfall: January: 0.95 February: 1.18 March: 2.56 April: 3.14 May: 4.86 June: 4.88 July: 3.83 September: 3.71 October: 2.99 November: 2.31 December: 1.42. Per year: 34.5 inches a year. ||
 * __**Location**__
 * [[image:http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/mlafrica.gif width="264" height="312" caption="Map of Mali"]] || [[image:http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/ksna.gif width="296" height="312" caption="map of Kansas"]] ||
 * Latitude and longitude: 20*N 3*W || Latitude and longitude: 39° N 94° W ||
 * Relative Location: Bamako is located in central
 * __**Movement**__ || __**Movement**__ ||
 * [[image:http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/malirah.gif width="448" height="377" caption="Mali Physical Map" link="javascript/doMoreView(12158);"]] || [[image:http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/mapcom/images/ks_h.gif width="393" height="379" caption="Kansas map" link="@http://search.maps.com/search/promosearch?sp_a=sp10030c64&sp_c=9&sp_t=dev_search&sp_f=ISO-8859-1&sp_q=kansas&sp_p=all&sp_sfvl_field=searchcat&sp_x_1=searchcat&sp_q_1=Wall%20Map&AID=10414038&PID=322195"]] ||
 * Elevation above sea level: 945 ft. || Elevation above sea level: 340 meters (1120 feet) ||
 * Goods: Processed meat, and metal goods. Bamako ships shea-nut oil, kapok, cotton, peanuts, and processed meats and metal goods. || Goods: Topeka, Kansas Has alot of sporting goods. ||
 * People: People in Bamako Travel by foot, plane, car, train, animal, and waterways. || People: People travel by cars, planes, trains, boats, bikes, and foot. ||
 * Ideas: Newspaper circulation: 4 per thousand, Tv set (ownership):12 per thousand, personal computers: 1 per thousand, radios: 55-176 per thousand, Telephones (ownership): 2-3 per thousand, and vehicles: 3 per thousand. || Ideas: Topeka has a rate of 97% of people who have basic literacy skills. And most people own tv sets, vehicles, telephones/cell phones, and personal computers. ||
 * **__Region__** || __**Region**__ ||
 * Rainfall: January: 0 February: 0 March: 0.1 April: 0.8 May: 2.1 June: 5.2 July: 8.8 August: 11.4 September: 7.7 October: 2.6 November: 0.2 December: 0.
 * Area: Total: 252 km2 (97miles) Area of water: 20,000km2. || Area: Total: 147.6km2 (57.0 miles2) Water 1.0 miles2 ||
 * __**Place:**__ || __**Place:**__ ||
 * Settled: Mali settled in 1960. || Settled: Kansas was the 34th state it was established in 1861. ||
 * Language: French (official) Bambara (80%) || Language: Spanish/ English. ||
 * Historical: History in Mali is very interesting, start with how Bamako is one of the most visited places in Mali. Bamako is the most fast growing city in Africa. Bamako has been inhabited since the paleolithic age. The region was occupied by French troops. || Historical: Kansas got its name from "People of the South Wind". The world's largest collection of space suits was found in Kansas. Kansas had its first newspaper written in the Shawnee language. In 1970 the biggest hailstone in the world fell in Kansas. ||
 * Population: 14.5 million people in Bamako. The population density is 11.7km2. || Population: 122,462 people in Topeka. There is 2185km2 ||
 * Climate: Hot/warm/sunny/dry, a lot of drought. || Climate: Both Hot and Cold ||
 * **__Human Environment Interaction:__** || **__Human Environment Interaction:__** ||

__**[|U.S. Department of State (1st link)]**__ __**[|Culture Grams]**__ __**[|Rural Poverty in Mali]**__ __**[|New World Encyclopedia]**__ __**[|Travel To Bamako Mali]**__ || **__5 Recourced cites:__** media type="youtube" key="qkR4BQ4WPCo" height="315" width="420" I added this video to show what kind of house they have; the way their lives are spent every day, ways they travel.
 * Housing: People in Mali usually have straw/grass roofs, with mud bricks/rock for walls. And sometimes wood. || Housing: People in Topeka have shingled roofs with siding on the walls of their houses. (On the outside) ||
 * Leisure: Fishing, hunting, crafting, family time, and sometimes rest. Mali does a lot of sports; like football (soccer), and basketball. The main choice by far is football. || Leisure: People in Kansas a lot of time spend their extra time reading, sleeping, and playing on computers, IPads, IPods, and any other technology, along with being outside playing with their pets. ||
 * __**5 Recourced Cites:**__
 * __[|50 states]__**
 * __[|Info Please]__**
 * __[|The City Of Topeka]__**
 * __[|Kansas Timeline]__**
 * __[|Climate In Topeka]__** ||
 * [[file:Compare and Contrast Bamako and Topeka laura behr.doc]] || media type="custom" key="12154648" ||
 * [[file:Compare and Contrast Bamako and Topeka laura behr.doc]] || media type="custom" key="12154648" ||