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Séguénéga
Séguénéga is a small town and the capital of the department of Séguénéga located in the Yatenga Province of the North Region of Burkina Faso. Infrastructure * Séguénéga Airport Demographics In 2006, the town had 18,314 inhabitants. References See also * List of cities in Burkina Faso This is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso. List * Aribinda * Bagré * Banfora * Batié * Bobo Dioulasso * Bogandé * Boromo * Boulsa * Boussé * Dano * Dédougou * Diapaga * Diébougou * Djibo * Dori * Fada N'gourma * Gaoua ... Populated places in the Nord Region (Burkina Faso) Yatenga Province Villages in Burkina Faso {{Burkina Faso-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séguénéga Airport
Séguénéga Airport is a public use airstrip located near Séguénéga, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. The runway runs south of and parallel with the N15 road. See also *List of airports in Burkina Faso This is a list of airports in Burkina Faso, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports , , - valign=top , Arly , Tapoa , DFER , ARL , Arly Airport , } , , - valign=top , Banfora , Komoé , DFOB , BNR , Banfora Airport , } , ... References External links Airport record for Séguénéga Airportat Landings.com Airports in Burkina Faso Yatenga Province {{BurkinaFaso-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séguénéga Department
Séguénéga is a department or commune of Yatenga Province in northern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Ouahigouya Ouahigouya is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Yatenga Province and one of its subdivisions the Ouahigouya Department. It is also the biggest town in the Nord Region. It is the fourth largest city in the country with a .... Towns and villages * SéguénégaReferences {{DEFAULTSORT:Seguenega Department Departments of Burkina Faso[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yatenga Province
Yatenga is one of the provinces of Burkina Faso, located in the Nord Region of the country. In modern Yatenga, the most prominent city is Ouahigouya (also known as Waiguya). This city served as the capital of the kingdom of Yatenga, a powerful kingdom out of the many Mossi kingdoms, but its influence decreased in the century following French colonisation. The city is famed today for being home to the Naba's (traditional kings) compound and the tomb of Naba Kango. History Kingdom of Yatenga Yatenge was historically a powerful kingdom in the region. It was founded as a Mossi state along with Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Gourma by invaders from neighbouring Ghana. Each of the Mossi states (including Yatenga) possessed a strong military that was able to repel attacks from hostile tribes and nations. When the European powers began their scramble for territory in Africa in the 19th century, France brokered a deal making Yatenga a French protectorate. Following the annexation of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Burkina Faso
This is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso. List * Aribinda * Bagré * Banfora * Batié * Bobo Dioulasso * Bogandé * Boromo * Boulsa * Boussé * Dano * Dédougou * Diapaga * Diébougou * Djibo * Dori * Fada N'gourma * Gaoua * Garango * Gayéri * Gorom-Gorom * Gourcy * Houndé * Kantchari * Kaya * Kindi * Kokologo * Kombissiri * Kongoussi * Kordié * Koudougou * Kouka, Bam * Kouka, Banwa * Koupéla * Léo * Loropeni * Manga * Méguet * Mogtedo * Niangoloko * Nouna * Orodara * Ouagadougou (Capital) * Ouahigouya * Ouargaye * Pama * Pissila * Pô * Pouytenga * Réo * Saponé * Sapouy * Sebba * Séguénéga * Sindou * Solenzo * Tangin Dassouri * Tenkodogo * Tikaré * Titao * Toma * Tougan * Villy * Yako * Ziniaré * Zorgo Largest cities References External links Association des Municipalités du Burkina Faso (AMBF)World Gazetteer {{Burkina Faso topics Cities Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤠... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord Region (Burkina Faso)
Nord is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Nord was 1,720,908 in 2019. The region's capital is Ouahigouya. Four provinces make up the region— Loroum, Passoré, Yatenga, and Zondoma. As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,720,908 with 52.2% females. The population in the region was 8.39% of the total population of the country. The child mortality rate was 88, infant mortality rate was 72 and the mortality of children under five was 153. The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 85%. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 27%, compared to a national average of 28.3%. Geography Most of Burkino Faso is a wide plateau formed by riverine systems and is called falaise de Banfora. There are three major rivers, the Red Volta, Black Volta and White Volta, which cuts through different valleys. The climate is generally hot, with unreliable rains across different season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decades post in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In The Nord Region (Burkina Faso)
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
