Provinces of Burkina Faso
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]
Provinces of Burkina Faso with names
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List of provinces by region
Provinces of Burkina Faso by number
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:
Centre Region
- Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)
Centre-Nord Region
- Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
- Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
- Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)
Centre-Sud Region
- Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
- Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
- Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)
Plateau-Central Region
- Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
- Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
- Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)
Centre-Est Region
- Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
- Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
- Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)
Est Region
- 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)
Hauts-Bassins Region
- Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map)
- Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map)
- Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)
Populations of the 45 Provinces
 A clickable map of Burkina Faso exhibiting its 13 administrative regions. |
| 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 |
References
- 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
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