Boura is a village and
rural commune in the
Cercle of Yorosso in the
Sikasso Region of southern
Mali. The commune covers an area of 887 square kilometers and includes 15 villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 22,735. The village of Boura, the administrative center (
chef-lieu) of the commune, is 26 km east of
Yorosso, just to the north of the road, the D14, that links Yorosso with
Sanaba in
Burkina Faso.