| Farakala | |
| 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: | Sikasso Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sikasso Cercle |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 280 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 7960 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 11.3583°N -6.0056°W |
Farakala is a village and commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 280km2 and includes 11 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,960.[2] The village of Farakala lies 40km (30miles) west of Sikasso on the RN7 highway linking Sikasso and Bougouni.