| Official Name: | Bandafassi |
| Pushpin Map: | Senegal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Senegal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name: | Senegal |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tambacounda Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kédougou Department |
| Coordinates: | 12.3167°N -31°W |
Bandafassi is a town in south-eastern Senegal about 750km (470miles) from Dakar near the borders with Mali and Guinea. It constitutes about half of the territory of the Arrondissement of Bandafassi of the Kédougou Department, eastern Senegal,[1] [2] The area constitutes the Bandafassi DSS (demographics surveillance site) of the INDEPTH Network.The population includes ethnic groups Bedick (Bedik), Mandinka and Fula Bande.