Passoré Province

Passoré is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Nord Region. Its capital is Yako.

Passoré
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionNord Region
CapitalYako
Area
 • Province3,866 km2 (1,493 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census)[1]
 • Province457,781
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
 • Urban
38,679
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Education

In 2011 the province had 316 primary schools and 39 secondary schools.[2]

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 42 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 3 doctors and 73 nurses.[3]

Departments

Passoré is divided into 9 departments:

Department Capital Population
(Census 2006)[4]
Arbollé DepartmentArbollé21,202
Bagaré DepartmentBagaré40,038
Bokin DepartmentBokin55,968
Gomponsom DepartmentGomponsom19,884
Kirsi DepartmentKirsi10,746
Lâ-Todin DepartmentLâ-Todin28,077
Pilimpikou DepartmentPilimpikou19,884
Samba DepartmentSamba10,746
Yako DepartmentYako28,077

See also

References
  1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Nord Region
  2. "La région du Nord en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
  3. "La région du Nord en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
  4. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2014-10-28.

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