{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name =Bankass |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and town |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = BankassMali.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Mali<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mali <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mali}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Mopti Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Bankass Cercle |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes =<ref name=communes>{{citation|contribution=Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali |publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |url=http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214211137/http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/Mali |archivedate=2012-12-14 |title=Data: Humanitarian Data Exchange | HumanitarianResponse }}. commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)</ref> |area_total_km2 =362 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2009 census |population_footnotes =<ref name=pop2009>{{citation |url=http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727120129/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/mopti.pdf |archivedate=2012-07-27 }}.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =30159 |population_density_km2 =auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|04|N|3|31|W|type:adm3rd_region:ML|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Bankass''' (''Báŋkà:s'') is a town and rural commune located in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune has an area of approximately 362 square kilometers<!--The USAID doc (Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire) gives the area as 927km3. Which is correct? --> and includes the town and 25 of the surrounding villages.<ref>{{citation|title=Communes de la Région de Mopti |publisher=Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali |url=http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegMopti.pdf |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309074116/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegMopti.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-09 }}.</ref> In the 2009 census it had a population of 30,159.<ref name=pop2009/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dogonlanguages.org/villages/690 |title=Bankass |editor-last1=Moran |editor-first1=Steven |editor-last2=Forkel |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last3=Heath |editor-first3=Jeffrey |date=2016 |website=dogonlanguages.org |access-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Bankass 2007-2011 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2006 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/bankass/psa_bankass.pdf | language=French | access-date=2012-09-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913110100/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/bankass/psa_bankass.pdf | archive-date=2012-09-13 | url-status=dead }}.
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