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, ...
in the
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 Yaho. According to the 1996 census the department had a total population of 14,257. As of August 2009 the department's population has increased to 16,424.
Yaho is a rural commune consisting of 10 villages and the area is approximately 400 km2. The mayor of Yaho Commune since 2006 is Zounkata Tuina, an architect educated in
Chalmers University of Technology
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at
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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. Currently, the Yaho population is working to meet the UN
Millennium Development Goals
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, (
MDGs
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). One project the people hope to initiate in the near future is a dam on a river along the western border, which could provide the region with irrigation to large farming areas and a big lake with fish.
Towns and villages
Largest towns and villages and populations in the commune are as follows (August 2009):
Burkinabé government inforoute communale /ref>
* Yaho (4 500 inhabitants) (capital)
* Bondo (1 625 inhabitants)
* Fobiri (1 818 inhabitants)
* Grand-balé (90 inhabitants)
* Kongoba (624 inhabitants)
* Madou (1 823 inhabitants)
*
Mamou
Mamou (Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. Population 376,269 (2018 est),and the city is almost 98% Fulani tribe. Maoula (638 inhabitants)
* Mina (650 inhabitants)
* Mouni (1 130 inhabitants)