Kouritenga Province

Kouritenga
Province

Location in Burkina Faso

Provincial map of its departments
Country  Burkina Faso
Region Centre-Est Region
Capital Koupéla
Population (2006)
 • Total 330,342
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Kouritenga, sometimes spelt Kourittenga,[1] is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2006 the province had a population of 330,342.[2] Its capital is Koupéla.

Departments

Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Kouritenga
Department Capital Population
(Census 2006)[2]
Andemtenga DepartmentAndemtenga51,044
Baskouré DepartmentBaskouré12,792
Dialgaye DepartmentDialgaye37,778
Gounghin DepartmentGounghin35,172
Kando DepartmentKando28,380
Koupéla DepartmentKoupéla57,632
Pouytenga DepartmentPouytenga72,217
Tensobtenga DepartmentTensobtenga20,719
Yargo DepartmentYargo14,608

Demographics

Year Population
1985 198,486[3]
2006 330,342[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Récapitulatif de la repartition du nombre de sièges des communes rurales". www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. 1 2 3 National 2006 census preliminary results
  3. ↑ "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985.

Coordinates: 12°11′N 0°26′W / 12.183°N 0.433°W / 12.183; -0.433

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