Douna 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

Léraba Province Léraba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. Its capital is Sindou. Its highest point (and the highest point of the country) is Mount Tenakourou with an elevation of . Departments Leraba is divided into 8 de ...

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 to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

. Its capital lies at the town of Douna. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 9,132.Burkinabé government inforoute communale

Towns and villages

* Douna (4 249 inhabitants) (capital) * Niofila (1 980 inhabitants) * Manema (1 155 inhabitants) * Monsona (1 101 inhabitants) * Sabaribougou (334 inhabitants) * Tassona (313 inhabitants)

References

Departments of Burkina Faso Léraba Province {{Léraba-geo-stub