Bankass (''Báŋkà:s'') is a town and
rural commune located in the
Mopti Region
Mopti (Fula language, Fulfulde: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤃𞤮𞥅𞤩𞤼𞤭𞥅, transliterated ''Diiwal Moobti'') is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km2. Its capital is the city of Mopti. During the Mali War, ...
of
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...
. The commune has an area of approximately 362 square kilometers and includes the town and 25 of the surrounding villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 30,159.
[ The town is the seat of the Bankass Cercle, one of eight subdivisions ('' cercles'') of the Mopti Region.
There is a Tuesday weekly market in the town.]
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Communes of Mopti Region
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