Dogofry is a village and a rural commune in the Cercle of Niona in the

Ségou Region Ségou Region ( Bambara: ߛߋߓߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Segu Dineja) is an administrative region in Mali, situated in the centre of the country with an area of , around 5% of Mali. The region is bordered by Sikasso Region on the south, Tombouctou an ...

of southern-central

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 approximately 3,820 square kilometers and is bordered to the north by the Republic of Mauritania, to the east by the commune of

Nampalari Nampalari is a rural commune in the Cercle of Niono in the Ségou Region of Mali. The commune has an area of 5,111 square kilometers and contains 22 villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 11,052. The ''chef-lieu'' is the village of ...

, to the southeast by the commune of

Diabaly Diabaly is a small town and Communes of Mali, rural commune in the Niono Cercle, Cercle of Niono in the Ségou Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately and includes 28 villages as well as the town.. In the 2009 census the commune ...

, to the southwest by the commune of

Sokolo Sokolo is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Niona in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 2,219 square kilometers and includes the town and 17 villages. In the 2009 census the popula ...

and to the west by the commune of

Guiré Guiré is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 6,892 square kilometers and extends to the Mauritanian border. It contains 25 villages. and had a populati ...

in the Cercle of Nara. It includes 19 villages, and had a population of 34,057 in the 2009 census. The south of the commune includes a region irrigated as part of the

Office du Niger The Office du Niger is a semi-autonomous government agency in Mali that administers a large irrigation scheme in the Ségou Region of the country. Water from the Niger River is diverted into a system of canals at the Markala dam downstream of Sé ...

scheme. The village of Dogofry lies in this irrigated area, about 60 km north of

Niono Niono is a town and commune located in the Ségou Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 491 square kilometers and includes the town and 20 of the surrounding villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 91,554. The town is ...

, to the west of the Fala de Molodo and the Distributeur de Kogoni. The ''Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire'' document gives the administrative center of the commune (''

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 ...

'') as Banamba.. This is a larger village than Dogofry (or Dogofry Ba) that lies 4 km to the north. It has the coordinates .

References

Communes of Ségou Region {{Ségou-geo-stub