Oury Department
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Oury is a
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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) *
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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 {{Balé-geo-stub