Baya is a
rural commune in the
Cercle of Yanfolila in the
Sikasso Region
Sikasso Region ( Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Sikaso Dineja) is the southernmost region of Mali. The region's capital city, Sikasso, is the country's second-largest city. Major ethnic groups include the Senoufo, known for masks and rever ...
of southern
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. The commune covers an area of 128 square kilometers and includes the small towns of
Kangaré and Dalabala, three villages and part of
Lake Sélingué
Lake Sélingué is a 409 km2 artificial lake in Mali's Sikasso Region, formed by the Selingue dam, Sélingué Hydroelectric dam on the Sankarani River. Its southwestern arm forms part of the border with Guinea. Lake Sélingué, rising and fa ...
.
[.] In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 33,519.
[ The town of Kangaré, the administrative center ('']chef-lieu
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lux ...
'') of the commune, lies to the east of the Sélingué Dam
The Sélingué Dam is an embankment dam with a gravity section located in the Sikasso Region, on the Sankarani River, one of the affluents of the Niger River. It is an important center of energy production in Mali surpassed only by the Manantali ...
, 52 km north of Yanfolila
Yanfolila is a town and seat of both the Yanfolila Cercle and the Wassoulou-Ballé rural commune in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.. The town lies 272 km west of Sikasso, 164 km south of Bamako and 23 km from the border with ...
.
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Communes of Sikasso Region
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