Bafoulabé

Bafoulabé is a town and rural commune in south-western Mali, in the Region of Kayes. It stands at the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, which join there to form the Sénégal River, and the name of the town is tied to that meeting of waters. Bafoulabé is the capital of the Cercle of Bafoulabé, which in 1887 was the first cercle to be created in Mali. Because the cercle was the first of its kind to be created in the country, the town has a place in the early history of the administrative divisions of Mali.