Sanmatenga is one of the 45
provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its
Centre-Nord Region.
Its capital is
Kaya
Kaya may refer to:
People
*Kaya (given name)
*Kaya (surname)
Places
*Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department
*Kaya Airport, serving the town
* Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in centr ...
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Departments
Sanmatenga is divided into 10 departments:
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Barsalogho Department
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Boussouma Department
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Dablo Department
Dablo is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Dablo
Dablo (also called Dablot Prejjesne) is a family of two-player Abstract strategy game, strategy board games of the Sámi people ...
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Kaya Department
Kaya is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Kaya
Kaya may refer to:
People
*Kaya (given name)
*Kaya (surname)
Places
*Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the dep ...
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Korsimoro Department
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Mané Department
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Namissiguima Department
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Pensa Department
Pensa is a department or commune of Sanmatenga 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 ...
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Pibaoré Department
Pibaoré is a department or commune of Sanmatenga 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 ...
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Pissila Department
Pissila is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Pissila
Pissila is a town, with a population of 23,420 (2019 census), in the province of Sanmatenga in Burkina Faso
Burk ...
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Ziga Department
Ziga is a department or commune of Sanmatenga 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 ...
See also
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Regions of Burkina Faso
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Provinces of Burkina Faso
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Departments of Burkina Faso
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September 2019 Sanmatenga attacks
The Sanmatenga attacks occurred on 8 September 2019 in the Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso. In the Barsalogho Department a vehicle transporting people and goods, that was returning from a market, drove over an improvised explosive device (IED) ...
References
Provinces of Burkina Faso
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