Siby is a
department 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 e ...
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 ...
. Its capital lies at the town of
Siby. According to the 1996 census the department had a total population of 12,089.
Towns and villages
Largest towns and villages and populations in the department are as follows:
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Siby (3,723 inhabitants) (capital)
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Ballao
Ballao, (Ballau in the Sardinian language), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion.
It was founded around 1300, whe ...
(1,165 inhabitants)
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Bitiako (1,192 inhabitants)
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Boromissi (736 inhabitants)
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Kalembouly (1,190 inhabitants)
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Sécaco (2,516 inhabitants)
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Sorobouly (632 inhabitants)
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Souho (935 inhabitants)
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Balé Province
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