Bafoulabé
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Bafoulabé is a town and rural commune in south-western Mali. It is located in the Region of Kayes at the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers which join to become the Sénégal River. Bafoulabé is the capital of the Cercle of Bafoulabé, which in 1887 was the first Cercle to be created in Mali.
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- Locality
- Bafoulabé
- Region
- Kayes
- Country
- Mali
- Population
- 26,823
- Timezone
- Africa/Bamako
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bafoulabé
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bafoulabé2.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mali
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Mali
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kayes Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Cercle (district):
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bafoulabé Cercle
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Makan Diakité (CNID)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 19955
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Local administration
- Geography and climate
- Vegetation
- Population and culture
- Sister cities
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Bafoulabé is a town and rural commune in south-western Mali. It is located in the Region of Kayes at the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers which join to become the Sénégal River. Bafoulabé is the capital of the Cercle of Bafoulabé, which in 1887 was the first Cercle to be created in Mali.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bafoulabé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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