Bana 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

Balé Province Balé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Boucle du Mouhoun Region with Boromo as capital. Its area is , and had a population of 297,367 in 2019. The province is known for its Deux Balé Forest, populated by savannah elep ...

in southern

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 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 ...

. Its capital lies at the town of Bana. According to the 2019 census the department has a population of 19,787.

Towns and villages

Towns and villages and populations in the department are as follows: Burkinabé government inforoute communale
* Bana (2 769 inhabitants) (capital) * Bassana (918 inhabitants) * Bissa (357 inhabitants) * Danou (1 311 inhabitants) * Fofina (189 inhabitants) * Ouona (3 170 inhabitants) * Sienkoro (485 inhabitants) * Solonso (635 inhabitants) * Somona (428 inhabitants) *

Yona The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit and Yavanar in Tamil, were words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians" ( grc, � ...

(2 037 inhabitants)

References

Departments of Burkina Faso Balé Province {{Balé-geo-stub