| Farako | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
| 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: | Ségou Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ségou Cercle |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 17570 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 13.4103°N -6.3867°W |
Farako is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune lies on the north bank of the Niger River and contains 11 settlements in an area of 200 square kilometers.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,570.[2] The town of Farako is the chef-lieu of the commune.