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
Populations of the 45 Provinces edit
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