桑卡拉尼是马里的城镇，位于该国南部，由锡卡索区的扬福利拉省负责管辖，面积229平方公里，海拔高度362米，2009年人口7,876，人口密度每平方公里34人。

Sankarani is a rural commune in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 229 square kilometers and includes 8 villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 7,876. The village of Bambala, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 30 km northwest of Yanfolila on the western shore of Lake Sélingué.