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Timbuktu!

Although Timbuktu is not the capital of Mali, it is better known than capital city Bamako. Timbuktu is known as the City of Mysteries, and the City of the 333 Saints. Salt comes into Timbuktu from the North, gold comes from the South, money comes from the West, but it is said that real hospitality is only found in Timbuktu.

Open the door!It sounds like a very mysterious place, but life here may not be as different as you think. Visit Timbuktu with us and find out what is different and strange but also what is familiar about life in this remote and mysterious city.

Before you go on to the next page, print out this worksheet.

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Photograph reproduced by permission of Peter Moore and Sprites Junior School, Ipswich, UK. Visit their website and find out about their work on Mali at http://www.sprites.onweb.cx