provinces of Burkina Faso
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.
List of provinces by region
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in par ...
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 other administrative villages in their department; in these 49 urban communes, the main city or town is subdivided into urban sectors (within the two communes with special status, each urban sector of the capital city belong to only one arrondissement, which may also include other surrounding villages outside the capital city). These 49 urban communes include:
** the capital town (or city) of each one of the 45 provinces (and of the 13 regions); among them, 2 urban communes have a particular status: the
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's ...
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Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".
The local Bobo-speaking population ( ...
departments, that are further subdivided into "arrondissements";
** the commune of 4 additional departments, whose capitals are now large towns covering their respective urban areas (subdivided into urban sectors rather than former separate villages) :
Bittou
Bittou is a town and seat of the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. The town is a stop on the caravan trading route. Today the town is located along the N16 Road which links Burkina Faso with Northern Togo and Gh ...
Pouytenga
Pouytenga is the capital and largest city in the Pouytenga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso. It has a population of 96,469 (2019 census).
History
Pouytenga was founded by the Mossi chief Naaba Pouya, from whom it received i ...
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* 302 rural communes are grouping all administrative villages in their department.Mémorandum sur la détermination du nombre de sièges des conseillers municipaux par village et par secteur dans le cadre des élections locales du 2 décembre 2012 CENI.BF (consolidated figures of legal population by village or urban sector, based on RGPH 2006, modified in 2012
including for newly created administrative villages). Their capitals are still considered officially as "villages", because they also cover a large rural area with dispersed population (with some exceptions expansion, notably around the largest cities of the country, whose urbanized agglomerations are expanding towards the rural area of their bordering departments and absorbing their villages; some of these departments may become urban communes as well, integrating their former villages into urban sectors of their reformed commune).
Departments (or communes) generally have the same name as their capital city or town, with a few exceptions (for historical reasons). For the local elections in 2012, communes were created in each department that still did not have one (village councils were kept but operate at advisory level under the supervision of their commune: each administrative village or urban sector elects at least 2 seats in the municipal council of their commune; for other elections at regional or national level, the smallest electoral circonscription is the whole department).
List of departments or communes by region and by province
: Type of departments : ''(rur.)'' rural commune ; ''(urb.)'' urban commune ; ''(urb.p.s.)'' urban commune with particular status (subdivided in arrondissements).
Kadiogo Province
Kadiogo is a province of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre Region. Its area is of 2,805 km2, containing six departments and a population of 3,032,668 (2019). Its capital is also the state capital, Ouagadougou. It features the central plate ...
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's ...
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* Pabré ''(rur.)''
* Saaba ''(rur.)''
* Tanghin-Dassouri ''(rur.)''
Plateau-Central Region
Plateau-Central is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had an population of 977,510 in 2019. The region's capital is Ziniaré. Three provinces make up the region—Ganzourgou, Kourwéogo, and Oubri ...
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Ganzourgou Province
Ganzourgou is a province of Burkina Faso and is in Plateau-Central Region. The capital of Ganzourgou is Zorgho, which is along the road between Ouagadougou and Niamey, Niger. Other important localities in the province are Mogtédo and Méguet. T ...
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Boudry
Boudry a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
History
Boudry is first mentioned in 1278 as ''Baudri''.
There are numerous prehistoric settlements around Boudry. These include the neolithic stilt houses on the banks of La ...
Méguet
Méguet is a town in the Méguet Department in Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso. The population of Méguet is 7,273 and it is the capital of Méguet Department.
References
External links
Satellite map of Méguet at Maplandia.com
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Mogtédo
Mogtédo, also spelt Mogtedo or Moktedo, is a town located in the province of Ganzourgou in Burkina Faso. The population of Mogtédo is 25,699, and it is the capital of Mogtédo Department
Mogtédo is a department or commune of Ganzourgou Pro ...
Zam Zam or ZAM or similar may refer to:
Places
*Zam, Burkina Faso, a town
**Zam Department
*Zam Rural District of Iran
* Zam, Hunedoara, a commune in Romania
* Zam (river), Hunedoara County, Romania
People
* ZAM-1, Australian artist and designer
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Zorgho
Zorgho is a town in 8the Zorgho Department of Ganzourgou Province in Burkina Faso. Zorgho is the capital of Zorgho Department and Ganzourgou Province and has a population of 35,398.
Culture
Dances
There is a traditional Mossi dance from th ...
Kourwéogo Province
Kourwéogo is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Plateau-Central Region. It has a population of 181,202 (2019 census).
Its capital is Boussé.
Departments
Kourweogo is divided into 5 departments:
See also
*Regions of Burki ...
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Boussé
Boussé is a town located in the province of Kourwéogo in Burkina Faso
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Oubritenga Province
Oubritenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Plateau-Central Region.
Its capital is Ziniaré.
Departments
Oubritenga is divided into 7 departments:
* Absouya
* Dapélogo
* Loumbila
* Nagréongo
* Ourgou-Manèga
* Z ...
Ziniaré
Ziniaré is a town located in the province of Oubritenga in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Oubritenga Province and Plateau-Central Region
Plateau-Central is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and h ...
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* Zitenga ''(rur.)''
Centre-Nord Region
Centre-Nord is one of thirteen administrative regions of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in Africa. The population of Centre-Nord in 2019 was 1,872,126. The region's capital is Kaya. Three provinces— Bam, Namentenga, and Sanmatenga, make ...
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Bam Province
Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; onl ...
Kongoussi
Kongoussi is a city located in Bam Province in central Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries. It has a population of 53,627 (2019) and is the provincial capital. Mooré, the language of the Mossi people, is spoken along with French, c ...
Rollo
Rollo ( nrf, Rou, ''Rolloun''; non, Hrólfr; french: Rollon; died between 928 and 933) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, today a region in northern France. He emerged as the outstanding warrior among the Norsemen who had s ...
Yalgo
Yalgo is a town in the Kongoussi Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso
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Dablo
Dablo (also called Dablot Prejjesne) is a family of two-player Abstract strategy game, strategy board games of the Sámi people. Different variants of the game have been played in different parts of Sápmi.
Names
The word "dablo" is a non-Sámi at ...
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* Kaya ''(urb.)'' ''(provincial and regional capital)''
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Korsimoro
Korsimoro is a town and the capital of the Korsimoro Department, in the Sanmatenga Province of central Burkina Faso. It is situated at 70 km NNE of Ouagadougou on the main road (''Route Nationale'' 3) to Kaya
Kaya may refer to:
People
*Kaya ( ...
Titao
Titao is a town located in the province of Loroum in Burkina Faso
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Passoré Province
Passoré is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Nord Region. Its capital is Yako.
Education
In 2011 the province had 316 primary schools and 39 secondary schools.
Healthcare
In 2011 the province had 42 health and social pro ...
Samba
Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havi ...
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 k ...
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 p ...
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Oula
Oula is a village and the administrative centre (''chef-lieu'') of the commune of Songo-Doubacoré in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.. The village is 26 km northeast of Koutiala
Koutiala ( Bambara: ߞߎߕ� ...
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Rambo
Rambo is a surname with Norwegian (Vestfold) and Swedish origins. It possibly originated with '' ramn'' + '' bo'', meaning "raven's nest". It has variants in French (''Rambeau'', ''Rambaut'', and ''Rimbaud'') and German (''Rambow''). It is now best ...
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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
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Thiou
The Thiou () is a short river in the city of Annecy, France. It is long. It is an effluent of Lake Annecy and an affluent of the Fier, which is in turn a tributary of the Rhône. The Thiou is considered one of the cleanest rivers in Europe
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Zondoma Province
Zondoma is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Nord Region. In 2019 the population was 239,955. Its capital is Gourcy.
Education
In 2011 the province had 191 primary schools and 16 secondary schools.
Healthcare
In 2011 the pr ...
Gourcy
Gourcy is a town in the Gourcy Department in the province of Zondoma in Burkina Faso
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Sahel Region
Sahel is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces make up the region— Oudalan, Séno, Soum, and Yagha.
As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,094,9 ...
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Oudalan Province
Oudalan is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
Its capital is Gorom-Gorom. The 2019 census reported 158,146 people living in the province.
Departments
The province is divided into 5 departments.
See also
*Reg ...
Gorom-Gorom
Gorom-Gorom is a town in northern Burkina Faso. Its name translates as "''you sit down, (and) we'll sit down''", reminiscent of its role as an important crossroads in the Sahel. It is the capital of Oudalan Province.
Known for its market and man ...
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Markoye
Markoye is a town in northern Burkina Faso, in the province of Oudalan. It is the site of Burkina Faso’s coldest recorded temperature of .
Economy
There is a weekly cattle and camel market in the town and it is close to a manganese mine in Tam ...
Séno Province
Séno is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region. The name of the province comes from the Fulfulde ''seeno'', for "sandy plain."
Its capital is Dori, Burkina Faso, Dori.
Departments
Seno is divided into 6 departments: ...
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Bani
Bani may refer to:
Places Africa
*Bani Department, a department in the Séno Province of Burkina Faso
* Bani, Bani, Séno, Burkina Faso
*Bani, Bourzanga, Bam, Burkina Faso
*Bani, Gnagna, Burkina Faso
*Bani, The Gambia
*Bani River, a tributary o ...
Soum Province
Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
Its capital is Djibo.
Departments
Soum is divided into 9 departments:
See also
*Regions of Burkina Faso
*Provinces of Burkina Faso
*Departments of Burkina Faso
The ...
Djibo
''Djibo'' is a town in northern Burkina Faso and the capital city of Soum Province. It is situated north of Ouagadougou and from the frontier with Mali. It was founded in the 16th century and became the capital of Djilgodji, before becoming d ...
Koutougou
Koutougou is a village in the Keran Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to t ...
Yagha Province
Yagha is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region
Sahel is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces make up the region— Oudalan, ...
Sebba
Sebba is a town located in the province of Yagha in 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, Nig ...
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Solhan
Solhan ( ku, Bongilan, ) is a town ( belde) and seat of the Solhan District of Bingöl Province
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Gnagna Province
Gnagna is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, and is in Est Region. The capital of Gnagna is Bogandé.
The population of Gnagna in 2019 was 675,897.
Subdivision
Gnagna is divided into 7 departments:
References
See also
* Regions of B ...
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Bilanga
Bilanga is a town in the Bilanga Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mal ...
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Bogandé
Bogandé is a town located in the province of Gnagna in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Bogandé Department and Gnagna Province. The town has a population of 21,443 (2019).
Transport
Bogandé Airport ( IATA: XBG, ICAO: DFEB) is a public use ...
Liptougou
Liptougou is a town in the Liptougou Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by ...
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Manni
Manni is a town in the Manni Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali t ...
Komondjari Province
Komondjari is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Est Region. Its capital (and only town) is Gayéri
Gayéri is a town located in the province of Komondjari in Burkina Faso
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Gayéri
Gayéri is a town located in the province of Komondjari in 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 northw ...
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Kompienga Province
Kompienga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Est Region.
The capital of Kompienga is Pama. The province also borders the country of Togo. The Kompienga Dam located in the province is the country's first hydro-electric ...
Botou
Botou () is a county-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Cangzhou prefecture-level city.
Administrative Divisions
Subdistricts: Jiefang Subdistrict Jiefang, generally a spelling without tonemark ...
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Diapaga
Diapaga is a city in and the capital of Tapoa Province in 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 northwe ...
Centre-Est Region
Centre-Est is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Est was 1,578,075 in 2019. The region's capital is Tenkodogo. Three provinces— Boulgou, Koulpélogo, and Kouritenga, make up the region.
, the populat ...
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Boulgou Province
Boulgou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Est Region. The capital of Boulgou is Tenkodogo. The population of Boulgou in 2019 was 736,559.
Bané
Bané is a town in the Bané Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by ...
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Béguédo
Béguédo is a town and seat of the Béguédo Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. It is located on the highway route N17. As of 2019, the town has a population of 21,894. One of the six branches of the Banque Atlantique i ...
Bittou
Bittou is a town and seat of the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. The town is a stop on the caravan trading route. Today the town is located along the N16 Road which links Burkina Faso with Northern Togo and Gh ...
Tenkodogo
Tenkodogo is the capital city of Boulgou Province and the Centre-Est Region of Burkina Faso with a population of 61,936 (2019).
Economy
The villages surrounding Tenkodogo are primarily based around animal husbandry.
The main market takes place e ...
Koulpélogo Province
Koulpélogo is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. The population in 2019 was 361,586.
Its capital is Ouargaye
Ouargaye is a town located in the province of Koulpélogo in Burkina Faso. It is the capital ...
Dourtenga
Dourtenga is a small town in the Dourtenga Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Dourtenga Department and the town has a total population of 3,276.rur.)''
* Lalgaye ''(rur.)''
* Ouargaye ''(urb.)'' ''(provincial capital)''
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Sangha
Sangha is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; Sangha is often used as a surname across these languages. It was historically used in a political context t ...
Andemtenga
Andemtenga (sometimes spelt Amdemtenga, Andamtenga or Amdentenga) is the capital and largest settlement in Andemtenga Department, Kouritenga province, Burkina Faso. It had a population of about 2,120 in 2006.
On 15 January 2017, the Burkinabé m ...
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Baskouré
Baskouré, also spelt Baskoure, is the capital town of the Baskouré Department of Kouritenga Province
Kouritenga (sometimes spelt Kourittenga) is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019 the province had ...
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Dialgaye Dialgaye is the capital town of the Dialgaye Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa w ...
Koupéla
Koupéla is a city in Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou () and west of Fada-Ngourma () in an area settled by the Mossi people. It is known for its pottery and sculptures; these were made from natural clays found in the area. In 1900 Koupéla ...
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Pouytenga
Pouytenga is the capital and largest city in the Pouytenga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso. It has a population of 96,469 (2019 census).
History
Pouytenga was founded by the Mossi chief Naaba Pouya, from whom it received i ...
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Tensobentenga
Tensobtenga is a town in the Kogho Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered ...
Centre-Sud Region
Centre-Sud is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Sud was 638,379 in 2006 and was estimated at 722,631 in 2011. The region's capital is Manga. Three provinces – Bazèga, Nahouri, and Zoundwéogo – mak ...
Kombissiri
Kombissiri is a city located in the province of Bazèga in 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 northw ...
Pô
Pô is a city in southern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the province of Nahouri. The main ethnic group (making about 60% of the inhabitants) is the Kasséna, a group close to the Gurunsi. It is said to have been founded in around 1500 and ...
Gogo
Go go or Gogo may refer to:
Geography
* Ghogha, India, a town once also known as Gogo
* Gogo, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso, a town
* Gogo, Zoundwéogo, Burkina Faso, a city
* Gogo Department, a department in central Burkina Faso
* Gogo Formatio ...
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Gomboussougou
Gomboussougou is a rural village in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Gomboussougou Department
Gomboussougou is a department or commune of Zoundwéogo Province in central Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 ...
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Guiba
Guiba or Djiba is a village in 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 ...
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Manga
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Nobéré
Nobéré is a village in 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, Ben ...
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Centre-Ouest Region
Centre-Ouest is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Ouest was 1,659,339 in 2019. The region's capital is Koudougou. Four provinces ( Boulkiemdé, Sanguié, Sissili, and Ziro) make up the region.
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Boulkiemdé Province
Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006 and 567,680 in 2011.
Education
In 2011 the province had 437 primary sc ...
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Bingo
Bingo or B-I-N-G-O may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Gaming
* Bingo, a game using a printed card of numbers
** Bingo (British version), a game using a printed card of 15 numbers on three lines; most commonly played in the UK and Ireland
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Kindi Kindi may refer to:
*Al-Kindi (surname)
*Kindi Department, department of Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
**Kindi, Kindi, its capital
*Kindi, Andemtenga, a town in Andemtenga Department, Burkina Faso
*Kindi (Tanzanian ward), Moshi Rural district, Kilimanj ...
Koudougou
Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemdé Province. It is located west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. With a population of 160,239 (2019) it is the third most populous city in Burkina Faso after Ouagadougou and Bobo Diou ...
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Nanoro
Nanoro is a town in the Nanoro Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , b ...
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Nandiala
Nandiala is a town in the Nandiala Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , ...
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Pella
Pella ( el, Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
On site of the ancient cit ...
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Poa
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...
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Ramongo
Ramongo is a town in the Ramongo Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , ...
Siglé
Siglé is a town in the Siglé Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bord ...
Sourgou
Sourgou is a town in the Sourgou Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of ...
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Thyou
Thyou is a town in the Thyou Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bo ...
Kordié
Kordié is a city located in the province of Sanguié in 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 northwe ...
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Kyon
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Pouni Pouni is a town in the Centre-Ouest Region of 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 t ...
Léo
Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo.
Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'', ...
Silly
Silly may refer to:
Places
* Silly, Belgium, a town
* Silly Department, a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso
Music
* Silly (band), an East German rock group from the 1970s
* The Sillies, an American punk rock ...
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, mo ...
Dalo
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Gao
Gao , or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
For much of its history Gao was an impor ...
Hauts-Bassins Region
Hauts-Bassins is one of Burkina Faso's thirteen administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Bobo Dioulasso. Three provinces make up the region—Houet, Kénédougou, and Tuy.
As of 2019, the population of the ...
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Houet Province
Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377.
Departments
Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bo ...
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Bama
Bama or BAMA may refer to:
Places
* Bama, shortened form of Alabama, a state of the United States of America
** The University of Alabama, the public university serving the state, often known as simply ''Bama''
* Bama, one of the colloquial Burm ...
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Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".
The local Bobo-speaking population ( ...
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Faramana Faramana is a town in Houet Province ( Hauts-Bassins Region) in western Burkina Faso, near the border of Mali.
It is the capital of Faramana Department, which further consists of 7 villages:
* Bambe
* Biena
* Koakourima
* Kobi
* Kouni
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Orodara
Orodara is a town and the capital of the province of Kénédougou in Burkina Faso.
General
Orodara is the capital of Kénédougou Province. It is also the capital city for the ethnic group known as the ''Siamou'' that live in the surroundin ...
Sindo SINDO, is one of many semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods. It stands for symmetric orthogonalised INDO and was developed by K. Jug and coworkers. Like MINDO, it is a development of the INDO method. The main development is the inclusion of ...
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Tuy Province
Tuy (or Tui) is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. Its capital is Houndé.
Economy
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Boni Boni may refer to:
Places
* Bone state, a vassal state of the government of Celebes, Dutch East Indies
* Boni MRT Station, a train station in Manila, Philippines
* Boni, Benin, an arrondissement in the Collines department of Benin state
* Boni (d ...
Boucle du Mouhoun Region
Boucle du Mouhoun is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had a population of 1,898,133 in 2019. It is the 4th most populous region in Burkina Faso, and contains 9.26% of all Burkinabé. The region' ...
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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 ele ...
* Bagassi ''(rur.)''
* Bana ''(rur.)''
* Boromo ''(urb.)'' ''(provincial capital)''
* Fara ''(rur.)''
* Oury ''(rur.)''
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Pâ
Pâ is a town in the Pâ Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali ...
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Pompoï
Pompoï is a town in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mal ...
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Poura
Poura is a town in the Poura Department of Balé Province 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 ...
Banwa Province
Banwa is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Banwa is Solenzo. In 2019 it had a population of 345,749.
Education
In 2011 the province had 170 primary schools and 13 secondary schools.
Healt ...
Sami
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
* South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...
Mouhoun Province
Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.
Education
In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools.
Healthcare
In 2011 the province had ...
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Bondokuy
Bondokuy is the capital of Bondokuy Department, Burkina Faso. It has 3,982 inhabitants.
History
Louis-Gustave Binger arrived here in May 1888. Binger estimated the population as 2,500 to 3,000 inhabitants.Binger (1892), p. 408
Notable Peop ...
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Dédougou
Dédougou is a city located in western Burkina Faso. It is the capital city of Mouhoun Province and Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The main ethnic groups are the Marka
Marka may refer to:
Places
* Marka (river), Lower Saxony, Germany
* Marka, Iran, ...
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Douroula
Douroula is a town in Burkina Faso. It is the county seat of Douroula Department in the province Mouhoun.
Near the town are ruins of a smelting furnace and evidence of ferrous metallurgy dating back to the 8th century BC. This is the oldest co ...
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Kona
Kona or KONA may refer to:
People
*Kona (surname)
* Dilshad Nahar Kona, Bangladeshi singer also known as Kona
Television
* ''Kona'' (TV series), a Kenyan telenovela that premiered in 2013
Locations
* Kona, Kentucky
* Kona, North Carolina
* Kon ...
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Ouarkoye Ouarkoye is a town approximately west of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Ouarkoye Department in Mouhoun Province
Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. The capital of Mouhoun is ...
Nayala Province
Nayala is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region.
Its capital is Toma Toma or TOMA may refer to:
Places
*Toma, Burkina Faso, a town in Nayala province
*Toma Department, a department in Nayala province
*Toma, ...
Sourou Province
Sourou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Boucle du Mouhoun.
Its capital is Tougan.
Education
In 2011 the province had 162 primary schools and 17 secondary schools.
Healthcare
In 2011 the province had 27 health and socia ...
Tougan
Tougan is a town located in the province of Sourou in 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, ...
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Cascades Region
Cascades is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 812,062 in 2019. It is the second least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.96% of all Burkinabé. The region's ...
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Comoé Province
Comoé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. The capital of Comoé is Banfora. The population of Comoé was 632,695 in 2019.
Comoé is divided into 9 departments:
See also
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*Provin ...
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Banfora
Banfora is a city in south western Burkina Faso, with a population of 117,452 (2019 census) making it the sixth most populous city in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Comoe province. The city lies south-west of Bobo-Dioulasso, on the Abid ...
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Bérégadougou
Bérégadougou is a town in the Bérégadougou Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area ...
Ouo
Ouo is a town in the Ouo Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali ...
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Sidéradougou Sidéradougou is a town in southwestern Burkina Faso. It is near the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. Sidéradougou is the capital of Sidéradougou Department
Sidéradougou is a department or commune of Comoé Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital ...
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Soubakaniédougou
Soubakaniédougou is a town in southwestern Burkina Faso. By road, it is about 40 km south-west of the town of Banfora, and about 125 km south-west of the city of Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904 ...
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Tiéfora
Tiéfora is a town in the Tiéfora Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , border ...
Dakoro
Dakoro is a town and commune located in the Maradi Region of Niger.
Communes of Maradi Region
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Douna
Douna is a town in southwestern Burkina Faso. It is near the city of Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's cap ...
Sindou
Sindou is a town located in the province of Léraba in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Léraba Province and the Sindou Department
Sindou is a department or commune of Léraba Province in south-western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ...
Bougouriba Province
Bougouriba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Sud-Ouest Region. In 2019 the population of Bougouriba was 153,606. The capital of Bougouriba is Diébougou. The 127 km2 Bontioli Reserve is located in the province.
Bougouriba is d ...
Diébougou
Diébougou is a town in Burkina Faso, situated south-east of Bobo-Dioulasso on the main highway to Ghana. It is located 74 kilometres north of Gaoua and 133 km west of Leo, Burkina Faso and is the capital of Bougouriba Province.
The town w ...
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Dolo
Dolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy. It is connected by the SP26 provincial road and is one of the towns of the Riviera del Brenta.
The growth of the town of Dolo is due to the gradual downsizing of t ...
Ioba Province
Ioba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sud-Ouest Region. In 2019 the population was 265,876. The capital of Ioba is Dano.
Departments
Ioba is divided into 8 departments:
* Dano
*Dissin
* Guéguéré
*Koper
* Niégo
* O ...
Dissin
Dissin is a town and seat of Dissin Department in the province of Ioba
Ioba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sud-Ouest Region. In 2019 the population was 265,876. The capital of Ioba is Dano.
Departments
Ioba is di ...
Koper
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Zambo
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Poni Province
Poni is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sud-Ouest Region.
Its capital is Gaoua.
Departments
Poni is divided into 10 departments:
* Bouroum-Bouroum
* Bousséra
* Djigoué
* Gaoua
* Gbomblora
* Kampti
* Loropéni
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Bouroum-Bouroum
Bouroum-Bouroum is the capital of Bouroum-Bouroum Department in Poni Province
Poni is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sud-Ouest Region.
Its capital is Gaoua.
Departments
Poni is divided into 10 departments:
* Bouroum- ...
Gaoua
Gaoua is a market town in southern Burkina Faso known for its superstitious values and customs.
The population, rested at 45,284. (2019 census)
Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is ...
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Gbomblora
Gbomblora is a village in the province of Poni in the Sud-Ouest Region of Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Gbomblora Department.
Geography
Gbomblora is located roughly 12 kilometers to the south east of the town of Gaoua. It is connected ...
Loropéni
Loropéni is a market town in southern Burkina Faso, lying about west of Gaoua. Nearby are the medieval stone ruins of Loropéni, added to the UNESCO World Heritage
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an inte ...
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Malba
The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires ( es, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA) is a museum located on Figueroa Alcorta Avenue, in the Palermo section of Buenos Aires.
Created by Argentine businessman Eduardo Costantin ...
Provinces of Burkina Faso
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.
List of provinces by region
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in par ...
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Regions of Burkina Faso
Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities. Most of these, according to their individual articles, were implemented on 2 July 2001.
Burkina Faso is d ...