Ouarkoye is a town approximately west of

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 n ...

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 ...

. 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 Dédougou. Education In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools. Healthcare In 2011 the province had 2 ...

. The town has a population of 3,916. Brig. General Yaoua Michel Tamini was from this village.Edition de l'Opinion, votre hebdomadaire burkibnabé d'Information
/ref> It is also rarely spelled Ouarkaye. Several other towns in Burkina Faso have similar names: Ouargaye, Ouarokuy and Ouarakuy.

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Populated places in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region {{Mouhoun-geo-stub