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Mahina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune includes 24 small villages of which the largest are Mahina, Diallola, Sékodounga and Niakalinssiraya. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 26,754. The Dakar-Niger Railway has a station at Mahina and the railroad crosses the Bafing River.