Sankarani is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.

The commune covers an area of 229 square kilometers and includes 8 villages.

[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,876.

[2] The village of Bambala, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 30 km northwest of Yanfolila on the western shore of Lake Sélingué.

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