Barani 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
Kossi Province
The Province de la Kossi lies in the western part of Burkina Faso and stretches to the border with Mali. It is in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Kossi is the town of Nouna, which has a mayor and high commissioner. The next largest to ...
in western
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
Barani. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 49,144.
The department of Barani borders the country of
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
to the north. The village of Barani is most well known as the site of an annual horse festival.
[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/africa/article4076187.ece ] It can be reached via a road heading north from the village of
Bomborokui.
Towns and villages
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Barani (4 804 inhabitants) (capital)
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Babakuy (1 094 inhabitants)
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Bangassi-Koro (420 inhabitants)
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Bangassi Kourou (4 804 inhabitants)
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Berma (1 450 inhabitants)
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Bogo (327 inhabitants)
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Boulé (491 inhabitants)
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Boulemporo (1 397 inhabitants)
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Cissé (918 inhabitants)
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Diamahoun (1 348 inhabitants)
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Djallo (510 inhabitants)
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Dienwely (534 inhabitants)
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Douré (413 inhabitants)
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Illa
Illa may refer to:
* Illa, France
* ''Illa'' (Arabic), a negative Arabic word
* Illa (surname), a surname
* Independent Labor League of America, an American communist movement
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* '' I ...
(1 633 inhabitants)
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Kamandadougou (1 068 inhabitants)
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Karekuy (1 003 inhabitants)
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Kessekuy (1 053 inhabitants)
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Kinseré (1 334 inhabitants)
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Kolonkan Goure Ba (616 inhabitants)
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Kolonkan Goure Diall (1 293 inhabitants)
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Konkoro (594 inhabitants)
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Koroni (762 inhabitants)
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Koubé (575 inhabitants)
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Koulerou (1 978 inhabitants)
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Manekuy (576 inhabitants)
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Mantamou (1 086 inhabitants)
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Medougou (1 766 inhabitants)
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Nabasso (881 inhabitants)
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Niako (479 inhabitants)
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Niemini-Peulh (137 inhabitants)
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Gnimanou (2 176 inhabitants)
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Ouemboye (382 inhabitants)
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Oueressé (1 384 inhabitants)
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Pampakuy (559 inhabitants)
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Sekuy (576 inhabitants)
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Sekuy-Ira (62 inhabitants)
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Sokoura (2 280 inhabitants)
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Soudogo (670 inhabitants)
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Tira (779 inhabitants)
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Torokoto (2 991 inhabitants)
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Waribèrè (961 inhabitants)
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Yalankoro (980 inhabitants)
References
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Departments of Burkina Faso
Kossi Province