Bandafassi

Bandafassi is a town in south-eastern Senegal about 750 km from Dakar near the borders with Mali and Guinea.<. It constitutes about half of the territory of the Arrondissement of Bandafassi of the Kédougou Department, eastern Senegal,[1][2] The area constitutes the Bandafassi DSS (demographics surveillance site) of the INDEPTH Network.

A dancer at a ceremony in 1982
Bandafassi
Bandafassi is located in Senegal
Bandafassi
Bandafassi
Location in Senegal
Coordinates: 12°19′N 12°19′W
Country Senegal
RegionTambacounda Region
DepartmentKédougou Department

The population includes ethnic groups Bedick (Bedik), Mandinka and Fula Bande.

Arrondissements of Kédougou

References
  1. network.net/dss_site_profiles/bandafassi.htm Bandafassi DSS, Senegal, INDEPTH Network profile
  2. BANDAFASSI DSS, SENEGAL Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
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