{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Banko |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and village |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |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 = Dioïla Region |subdivision_type2 =Cercle |subdivision_name2 = Dioïla 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=USAID>{{citation | title=Synthèsis des Plans de Securité Alimentaire des Communes du Cercle Dioïla 2008-2012 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2008 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/koulikoro/dioila/PSA_synt_cercle_dioila.pdf | language=French | access-date=2011-02-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135028/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/koulikoro/dioila/PSA_synt_cercle_dioila.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-26 | url-status=dead }}.</ref> |area_total_km2 =911.64<!-- 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/koulikoro.pdf |publisher=République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique |title=Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Koulikoro) |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215741/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/koulikoro.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =36726 |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|12|29|N|6|48|W|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 = }} '''Banko''' (Bambara: ߓߊߣߞߏ tr. Banko) is a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Dioïla in the Dioïla Region of south-western Mali. The village lies on the Banifing River. The commune contains 31 villages.

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==External links== *{{citation | title=Plan de Sécurite Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Banco 2008-2012 | publisher=Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali | year=2008 | url=http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/djenne/psa_niansanarie.pdf | language=French | access-date=2011-02-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135007/http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/mali_fd_strtgy/plans/mopti/djenne/psa_niansanarie.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-26 | url-status=dead }}.

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