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Yargatenga Department
Yargatenga is a department (or commune) of Koulpélogo Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Yargatenga. According to the 2019 census, the department had a total population of 56,739. Towns and villages * Yargatenga (3,593 inhabitants) (capital) * Bama (233 inhabitants) * Besseme (893 inhabitants) * Bilemtenga (2,544 inhabitants) * Bou (783 inhabitants) * Cinkansé (9,360 inhabitants) * Dirihoré (1,050 inhabitants) * Doukbolé (734 inhabitants) * Hornogo (1,988 inhabitants) * Kampoaga (1,572 inhabitants) * Kiniwaga (527 inhabitants) * Kiongo (1,461 inhabitants) * Métémété (663 inhabitants) * Sibtenga (1,266 inhabitants) * Tounougou Toné (1,263 inhabitants) * Waongo (4,127 inhabitants) * Yoyo A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 500 BCE. The yo-yo was also call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Burkina Faso
The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments (as of 2014 and since local elections of 2012), whose urbanized areas (cities, towns and villages) are grouped into the same commune (municipality) with the same name as the department. The department also covers rural areas (including national natural parks) that are not governed locally by the elected municipal council of the commune (presided by its mayor, with representants elected for each village or urban sector), but by the state represented at departmental level by a prefect (supervized by the haut-commissaire of its province, themself assisted by a general secretary and acting under the hierarchic authority the governor of its region, all of them being nominated by the national government). Status of communes The 351 communes (municipalities) created for each one of these departments have three kinds of status : * 49 urban communes are grouping their main city/town (subdivided into urban sectors) and all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
