Bandafassi
| Bandafassi | |
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  Bandafassi Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 12°19′N 12°19′W / 12.317°N 12.317°WCoordinates: 12°19′N 12°19′W / 12.317°N 12.317°W | |
| Country |
 Senegal |
| Region | Tambacounda Region |
| Department | Kédougou Department |
Bandafassi is 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
The population includes ethnic groups Bedick (Bedik), Mandinka and Fula Bande.
Arrondissements of Kédougou
References
- ↑ network.net/dss_site_profiles/bandafassi.htm Bandafassi DSS, Senegal, INDEPTH Network profile
- ↑ BANDAFASSI DSS, SENEGAL
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