Farako is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the

Ségou Region Ségou Region (Bambara language, 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 sout ...

of southern-central

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. The commune lies on the north bank of the

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and contains 11 settlements in an area of 200 square kilometers. In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,570. The town of Farako is the ''

chef-lieu An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

'' of the commune. Farako was an important military garrison town under the Segou Empire.Segou: Warfare and the Origins of a State of Slavery, by Kevin MacDonald and Seydou Camara, in Lane, Paul, and Kevin C. MacDonald (eds), Slavery in Africa: Archaeology and Memory, Proceedings of the British Academy (London, 2011), page 30 https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264782.001.0001.

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*. Communes of Ségou Region {{Ségou-geo-stub