 In the 2009 census it had a population of 23,109.The town sits on the left (north) bank of the River Niger about 50 km downstream from Ségou.The commune lies entirely to the north of the river and is crossed, from west to east, by the Canal Macina and the Fala de Boky-Wéré which carry water from the Niger to the rice polders north of Macina.