Bandiagara

Bandiagara
Commune and town
Bandiagara Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°21′0″N 3°36′40″W
Country	Mali
Region	Mopti Region
Cercle	Bandiagara Cercle
Elevation	392 m (1,286 ft)
Population  (2009 census)
• Total	25,564
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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Bandiagara (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃djaɡaʁa]) is a small town and urban commune in the Mopti Region of Mali. The name translates roughly to "large eating bowl"—referring to the communal bowl meals are served in. Mainly on its Bandiagara Escarpment it has about 2,000 speakers of the vibrant Bangime language, an isolate used mainly as an anti-language; it has the highest point of the country.

Bandiagara is 65 km east-southeast of Mopti. A seasonal river, the Yamé, flows in a northeasterly direction through the town. The population includes a number of different ethnic groups including Dogons, Fulani and Bambaras.