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thumb|upright=1.35|The Mali Empire in 1337, including the location of the Bambuk, Bure, Lobi, and Akan Goldfields

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thumb|upright=1.35|The Mali Empire in 1337, including the location of the Bambuk, Bure, Lobi, and Akan Goldfields

Bambouk (sometimes Bambuk or Bambuhu) is a traditional name for the territory in eastern Senegal and western Mali, encompassing the Bambouk Mountains on its eastern edge, the valley of the Faleme River and the hilly country to the east of the river valley. It was a formally described district in French Sudan, but in 1895, the border between French Sudan and Senegal was moved to the Faleme River, placing the western portion of the district within Senegal. The term is still used to designate the region, but there is no formal administrative area with that name.

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