| Sélingué Dam | |
| Dam Crosses: | Sankarani River |
| Res Name: | Lake Sélingué |
| Location: | Sikasso Region, Mali |
| Operator: | Office of Rural Development of Sélingué |
| Purpose: | Power, irrigation |
| Construction Began: | 1979 |
| Opening: | 1982 |
| Cost: | 140 million US dollars |
| Spillway Capacity: | 3500m3/s |
| Res Capacity Total: | 2630000000m2 |
| Res Surface: | 430km2[1] |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 x 11 MW Kaplan-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 44 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 200 million kWh |
| Location Map: | Mali |
| Coordinates: | 11.6383°N -8.2298°W |
The Sélingué Dam (French: Barrage de Sélingué) is an embankment dam with a gravity section located in the Sikasso Region, on the Sankarani River, one of the affluents of the Niger River. It is an important center of energy production in Mali surpassed only by the Manantali Dam on the Bafing River.
Its construction, at the cost of 140 million US dollars, was financed by several backers.
The dam has a crest length of and a height of . With a power output of 44 MW, the dam has an energy output of 200 million kilowatt-hours per year. The dam provides Bamako, Kati, Koulikoro, Ségou, Fana, Dioïla, Yanfolila and Kalana with electricity. It was brought into service in 1982, and renovated between 1996 and 2001.
The retaining basin of the dam forms the artificial Lake Sélingué. The water level has a maximum height of but varies throughout the year. When full the lake stores of water and has an area of . It allows agriculture on the irrigated perimeters, managed by the Office of Rural Development of Sélingué, as well as fishing.