Provinces of Burkina Faso

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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

List of provinces by region

Provinces of Burkina Faso by number

Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:

Boucle du Mouhoun Region

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)

Cascades Region

Comoé (Banfora) (#8 in map)
Léraba (Sindou) (#22 in map)

Centre Region

Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)

Centre-Est Region

Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)

Centre-Nord Region

Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)

Centre-Ouest Region

Boulkiemdé (Koudougou) (#7 in map)
Sanguié (Réo) (#33 in map)
Sissili (Léo) (#36 in map)
Ziro (Sapouy) (#43 in map)

Centre-Sud Region

Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 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)

Nord Region

Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map)
Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map)
Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map)
Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)

Plateau-Central Region

Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)

Sahel Region

Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30in map)
Séno (Dori) (#35 in map)
Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map)
Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)

Sud-Ouest Region

Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map)
Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map)
Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map)
Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)

See also

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.

External links

Provinces of Burkina Faso at Statoids.com

Provinces of Burkina Faso
Balé Bam Banwa Bazèga Bougouriba Boulgou Boulkiemdé Comoé Ganzourgou Gnagna Gourma Houet Ioba Kadiogo Kénédougou Komondjari Kompienga Kossi Koulpélogo Kouritenga Kourwéogo Léraba Loroum Mouhoun Nahouri Namentenga Nayala Noumbiel Oubritenga Oudalan Passoré Poni Sanguié Sanmatenga Séno Sissili Soum Sourou Tapoa Tuy Yagha Yatenga Ziro Zondoma Zoundwéogo

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