| Balato | |
| Settlement Type: | Sub-prefecture and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Guinea |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guinea |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Guinea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kankan Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kouroussa Prefecture |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 16760 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 10.7167°N -43°W |
Balato is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kouroussa Prefecture in the Kankan Region of eastern-central Guinea.[1] As of 2014 it had a population of 16,760 people.[2]