Soum Province

Soum
Province

Location in Burkina Faso

Provincial map of its departments
Country  Burkina Faso
Region Sahel Region
Capital Djibo
Area
 • Total 12,222 km2 (4,719 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 348,341
 • Density 29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.

Its capital is Djibo.

Departments

Soum is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Oudalan
Department Capital city Population
(Census 2006)[1]
Arbinda DepartmentArbinda90,735
Baraboule DepartmentBaraboule30,209
Diguel DepartmentDiguel9,055
Djibo DepartmentDjibo60,599
Kelbo DepartmentKelbo24,446
Koutougou DepartmentKoutougou18,719
Nassoumbou DepartmentNassamfou20,222
Pobe-Mengao DepartmentPobe-Mengao23,692
Tongomayel DepartmentTongomayel70,665

See also

References

  1. ↑ National 2006 census preliminary results

Coordinates: 14°06′N 1°38′W / 14.100°N 1.633°W / 14.100; -1.633

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