Oury 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
Oury. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 24,914.
Towns and villages
Towns and villages and populations in the department are as follows:
Burkinabé government inforoute communale
* Oury (3 908 inhabitants) (capital)
* Bandiara (442 inhabitants)
* Da (1 825 inhabitants)
* Dablara (452 inhabitants)
* Habé (637 inhabitants)
* Koena (1 013 inhabitants)
* Koupelo (653 inhabitants)
* Lasso
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(1 068 inhabitants)
* Momina (437 inhabitants)
* Mou (1 308 inhabitants)
* Oullo (2 118 inhabitants)
* Sani (1 434 inhabitants)
* Sanfo (557 inhabitants)
* Séréna
Séréna is a town in the Oury 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 ...
(2 245 inhabitants)
* Seyou (1 147 inhabitants)
* Siou (2 531 inhabitants)
* Soubouy (1 495 inhabitants)
* Taplara (372 inhabitants)
* Zinakongo (1 272 inhabitants)
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Balé Province
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