Saponé is a town in the
Saponé Department
Saponé is a department or commune of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to t ...
of
Bazèga Province
Bazèga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Sud Region. The capital of Bazèga is Kombissiri. Bazèga had a population of 238,202 in 2006 and in 2011 it was estimated to be 263,603.
Education
In 2011 the province had 187 p ...
in central
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 ...
. The town has a population of 21,148 and is the capital of Saponé Department and is located approximately 40 kilometres south 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 ...
.
Geography
The nearest towns and villages include Kologonaba (0.8 nm), Ouidi (0.7 nm),
Nabitenga
Nabitenga is a village in the Zorgho 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 ...
(1.3 nm),
Bonogo
Bonogo is a town in the Saponé Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1,486.Brest
Brest may refer to:
Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
*Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
*Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
**Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Brest, ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Economy
The economy is dominated by
cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...
production. The harvest takes place in October and November, at which time buyers arrive by truck to take the crop to market. The town also has a fruit plantation.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Board on Science and Technology for International Development National Academies, Retrieved on June 15, 2008
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
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Populated places in the Centre-Sud Region
Bazèga Province