Departments of Burkina Faso
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The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments (as of 2014 and since local elections of 2012), whose urbanized areas (cities, towns and villages) are grouped into the same commune (municipality) with the same name as the department (the department also covers rural areas, including national natural parks, that are not ruled locally at municipal level, but by the state at departmental level). The 351 communes created in those departments have three kinds of status :
- 49 urban communes (including 2 urban communes with special status, the Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso departments that are further subdivided into "arrondissements"), are grouping their main city/town (subdivided into urban sectors) and all other administrative villages in their department ; in these 49 urban communes, the main city or town is subdivided into urban sectors (within the two communes with special status, each urban sector of the capital city belong to only one arrondissement, which may also include other surrounding villages outside the capital city) — these 49 urban communes include the capital town (or city) of each one of the 45 provinces, and the commune of 4 additional departments, whose capitals are now large towns covering their respective urban areas (subdivided into urban sectors rather than former separate villages) : Bittou, Garango, Niangoloko and Pouytenga.
- 302 rural communes are grouping all administrative villages in their department.[1][2]
Departments (or communes) generally have the same name as their capital city or town, with a few exceptions (for historical reasons). For the local elections in 2012, communes were created in each department that still did not have one (village councils were kept but operate at advisory level under the supervision of their commune: each administrative village or urban sector elects at least 2 seats in the municipal council of their commune; for other elections at regional or national level, the smallest electoral circonscription is the whole department). The departments (or communes) are listed below, by province:
List of departments by region and by province
Boucle du Mouhoun Region
Balé
Banwa
Kossi
Mouhoun
Nayala
Sourou
Cascades Region
Comoé
Léraba
Centre Region
Kadiogo
- Komki-Ipala Department
- Komsliga Department
- Koubri Department
- Ouagadougou Department (formerly Kadiogo Department)
- Pabré Department
- Saaba Department
- Tanghin-Dassouri Department
Centre-Est Region
Boulgou
Koulpélogo
Kouritenga
Centre-Nord Region
Bam
Namentenga
Sanmatenga
Centre-Ouest Region
Boulkiemdé
- Bingo Department
- Imasgo Department
- Kindi Department
- Kokologho Department
- Koudougou Department
- Nanoro Department
- Pella Department
- Poa Department
- Ramongo Department
- Sabou Department
- Siglé Department
- Sourgou Department
- Thyou Department
- Nandiala Department (newly created)
- Soaw Department (newly created)
Sanguié
Sissili
Ziro
Centre-Sud Region
Bazèga
Nahouri
Zoundwéogo
Est Region
Gnagna
Gourma
Komondjari
Kompienga
Tapoa
Hauts-Bassins Region
Houet
Kénédougou
- Djigouéra Department
- Koloko Department
- Kourignon Department
- Kourouma Department
- Morolaba Department
- N'dorola Department
- Orodara Department
- Samoghohiri Department
- Samorogouan Department
- Sindou Department
- Banzon Department (newly created)
- Kangala Department (newly created)
- Kayan Department (newly created)
Tuy
Nord Region
Loroum
Passoré
Yatenga
Zondoma
Plateau-Central Region
Ganzourgou
Kourwéogo
Oubritenga
- Absouya Department
- Dapélogo Department
- Loumbila Department
- Ziniaré Department
- Zitenga Department
- Nagréongo Department (newly created)
- Ourgou-Manéga Department (newly created)
Sahel Region
Oudalan
Séno
Soum
Yagha
Sud-Ouest Region
Bougouriba
Ioba
Noumbiel
Poni
References
- ↑ (in French) Résultats préliminaires du RGPH 2006, INSD.BF (non-consolidated figures of legal population by village or urban sector)
- ↑ (in French) Mémorandum sur la détermination du nombre de sièges des conseillers municipaux par village et par secteur dans le cadre des élections locales du 2 décembre 2012, CENI.BF (consolidated figures of legal population by village or urban sector, based on RGPH 2006, modified in 2012 including for newly created administrative villages).