Sankara, Burkina Faso is a village in the

Tiéfora Department Tiéfora is a Departments of Burkina Faso, department or commune of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Tiéfora. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 75,423.

Comoé Province Comoé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. The capital of Comoé is Banfora. The population of Comoé was 632,695 in 2019. Comoé is divided into 9 departments: See also *Regions of Burkina Faso *Provin ...

in south-western

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

. The village has a population of 891.Burkinabé government inforoute communale
This village would be named in memory of

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983, following his takeover in a coup, until ...

, Military, revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso.

References

Populated places in the Cascades Region Comoé Province {{Comoé-geo-stub