Bakata is a
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
or commune of
Ziro Province ''For the town in India, see Ziro''.
Ziro is a province of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Ouest Region. It has an area of . The provincial capital is the town of Sapouy.
Education
In 2011 the province had 0 primary schools and 0 secondary sch ...
in
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 ...
.
Cities
The department consists of a chief town :
*
Bakata
Bakata was the capital of the Ahom kingdom (present-day Assam, Northeast India) established by the Ahom king Suhungmung. Since this capital was by the Dihing river, Suhungmung is also known as the ''Dihingia Raja''. The next king, Suklenmung, ...
and 13 villages:
* Basnéré
* Biyéné
* Boulé-Daboré
* Boulé-Gala
* Bouyoua
* Diao
* Kinkirsgogo
* Kou
* Kouboulou
* Lorou
* Payiri
* Tayalo
* Zinloua.
References
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Departments of Burkina Faso
Ziro Province