Boulkiemdé Province

Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006[1] and 567,680 in 2011.[2]

Boulkiemdé
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Ouest Region
CapitalKoudougou
Area
 • Total1,648 sq mi (4,269 km2)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total567,680
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Education

In 2011 the province had 437 primary schools and 65 secondary schools.[2]

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 75 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 20 doctors and 262 nurses.[2]

Departments

Boulkiemde is divided into 13 departments as follows:

Department Capital Population
(Census 2006)[1]
Bingo DepartmentBingo15,100
Imasgho DepartmentImasgho22,401
Kindi DepartmentKindi33,347
Kokologho DepartmentKokologho38,988
Koudougou DepartmentKoudougou131,825
Nandiala DepartmentNandiala23,266
Nanoro DepartmentNanoro33,291
Pella DepartmentPella19,243
Poa DepartmentPoa30,317
Ramongo DepartmentRamongo23,081
Sabou DepartmentSabou45,877
Siglé DepartmentSiglé27,336
Soaw DepartmentSoaw15,937
Sourgou DepartmentSourgou13,748
Thyou DepartmentThyou24,251

In pop-culture

Boulkiemdé (specifically the department of Bingo) was a location in the American television series The Amazing Race 12 (2007).

See also

References
  1. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.


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