# Bandial

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'''Bandial''' is a village in the commune of [Enampore](/source/Enampore), [Nyassia Arrondissement](/source/Nyassia_Arrondissement), [Ziguinchor Department](/source/Ziguinchor_Department) in the [Ziguinchor Region](/source/Ziguinchor_Region) of [Senegal](/source/Senegal). According to PEPAM (Programme d'eau potable et d'assainissement du Millénaire), Bandial has a population of 229 people living in 32 houses.

Bandial is known for its houses with [impluvia](/source/impluvium), and for being the center of a small pre-colonial state known as the Kingdom of Bandial or Mof Ëwi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Architecture rurale de Basse-Casamance : Les cases à impluvium du royaume Bandial |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2076/ |website=UNESCO |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref>

== References ==
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*{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724225917/http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=02321003 Bandial at PEPAM]

Category:Populated places in the Ziguinchor department

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