| Bambara Maoudé | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune and village |
| Pushpin Map: | Mali |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tombouctou Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gourma-Rharous Cercle |
| Area Total Km2: | 1370 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 16864 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 15.8519°N -2.7861°W |
| Elevation M: | 261 |
Bambara Maoudé or Bambara Maoundé is a village and rural commune of the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The commune contains 44 villages and had a population of 16,874 in the 2009 census.
The commune includes Lake Banzena (15.6667°N -2.5917°W) which serves as an important source of water for the Gourma elephants at the end of the dry season (April to June).[2] The intense competition between elephants and cattle at the lake led to the death of 21 elephants in 2010. As a result, the World Bank is coordinating efforts to provide alternative sources of water for the cattle so that the elephants can have exclusive access to the lake.[3]