 The town lies north of Niono on the west side of the Fala de Molodo channel that forms part of the Office du Niger irrigation scheme.The fields around the town are irrigated but much of the commune lies to the east of the Fala de Molodo in an area that lacks irrigation.On 8 September 2012, during the Northern Mali conflict, a group of Malian army soldiers arrested 17 Islamic preachers coming from Mauritania at a checkpoint near the village.