Provinces of Burkina Faso
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The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces.[1][2] These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.[3]
List of provinces by region[edit]
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:
Central Burkina Faso[edit]
Centre Region[edit]
- Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)
Centre-Nord Region[edit]
- Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
- Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
- Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)
Centre-Sud Region[edit]
- Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
- Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
- Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)
Plateau-Central Region[edit]
- Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
- Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
- Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)
Eastern Burkina Faso[edit]
Centre-Est Region[edit]
- Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
- Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
- Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)
Est Region[edit]
- Gnagna (Bogandé) (#10 in map)
- Gourma (Fada N'gourma) (#11 in map)
- Komondjari (Gayéri) (#16 in map)
- Kompienga (Pama) (#17 in map)
- Tapoa (Diapaga) (#39 in map)
Northern Burkina Faso[edit]
Nord Region[edit]
- Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map)
- Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map)
- Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map)
- Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)
Sahel Region[edit]
- Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30 in map)
- Séno (Dori) (#35 in map)
- Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map)
- Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)
Southern Burkina Faso[edit]
Cascades Region[edit]
Hauts-Bassins Region[edit]
- Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map)
- Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map)
- Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)
Sud-Ouest Region[edit]
- Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map)
- Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map)
- Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map)
- Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)
Western Burkina Faso[edit]
Boucle du Mouhoun Region[edit]
- Balé (Boromo) (#1 in map)
- Banwa (Solenzo) (#3 in map)
- Kossi (Nouna) (#18 in map)
- Mouhoun (Dédougou) (#24 in map)
- Nayala (Toma) (#27 in map)
- Sourou (Tougan) (#38 in map)
Centre-Ouest Region[edit]
- Boulkiemdé (Koudougou) (#7 in map)
- Sanguié (Réo) (#33 in map)
- Sissili (Léo) (#36 in map)
- Ziro (Sapouy) (#43 in map)
Populations of the 45 Provinces[edit]
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| Province | Population at 2006 Census [4] |
Population at 2019 Census [5] |
|---|---|---|
| Balé | 213,423 | 297,367 |
| Bam | 275,191 | 473,955 |
| Banwa | 269,375 | 345,749 |
| Bazèga | 238,425 | 280,793 |
| Bougouriba | 101,479 | 153,606 |
| Boulgou | 543,570 | 736,559 |
| Boulkiemdé | 505,206 | 689,184 |
| Comoé | 407,528 | 632,695 |
| Ganzourgou | 319,380 | 481,794 |
| Gnagna | 408,669 | 675,897 |
| Gourma | 305,936 | 437,242 |
| Houet | 955,451 | 1,509,377 |
| Ioba | 192,321 | 265,876 |
| Kadiogo | 1,727,390 | 3,032,668 |
| Kénédougou | 285,695 | 399,836 |
| Komondjari | 79,507 | 105,584 |
| Kompienga | 75,867 | 117,672 |
| Kossi | 278,546 | 355,655 |
| Koulpélogo | 258,667 | 361,586 |
| Kouritenga | 329,779 | 479,930 |
| Kourwéogo | 138,217 | 181,202 |
| Léraba | 124,280 | 179,367 |
| Loroum | 142,853 | 198,178 |
| Mouhoun | 297,350 | 391,325 |
| Nahouri | 157,071 | 195,608 |
| Namentenga | 328,820 | 512,529 |
| Nayala | 163,433 | 223,090 |
| Noumbiel | 70,036 | 98,883 |
| Oubritenga | 238,775 | 314,514 |
| Oudalan | 195,964 | 158,146 |
| Passoré | 323,222 | 457,781 |
| Poni | 256,931 | 355,665 |
| Sanguié | 297,036 | 391,520 |
| Sanmatenga | 598,014 | 885,642 |
| Séno | 264,991 | 404,104 |
| Sissili | 208,409 | 336,972 |
| Soum | 347,335 | 363,633 |
| Sourou | 220,622 | 284,947 |
| Tapoa | 342,305 | 605,110 |
| Tuy | 228,458 | 329,162 |
| Yagha | 160,152 | 169,024 |
| Yatenga | 553,164 | 824,994 |
| Ziro | 175,915 | 241,663 |
| Zondoma | 166,557 | 239,955 |
| Zoundwéogo | 245,947 | 311,940 |
| Totals | 14,017,262 | 20,487,979 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Benjamin Kambou. "Les 45 Provinces du BURKINA FASO" (PDF).
- ^ "burkina" (PDF). UN.
- ^ "MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012" (PDF). Ouagadougou. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Home". citypopulation.de.
- ^ provisional, from www.citypopulation.de
