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]
List of provinces by regionEdit
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:
Central Burkina FasoEdit
Centre RegionEdit
- Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)
Centre-Nord RegionEdit
- Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
- Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
- Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)
Centre-Sud RegionEdit
- Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
- Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
- Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)
Plateau-Central RegionEdit
- Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
- Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
- Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)
Eastern Burkina FasoEdit
Centre-Est RegionEdit
- Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
- Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
- Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)
Est RegionEdit
- 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)
Northern Burkina FasoEdit
Nord RegionEdit
- Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map)
- Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map)
- Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map)
- Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)
Sahel RegionEdit
- Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30 in map)
- Séno (Dori) (#35 in map)
- Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map)
- Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)
Southern Burkina FasoEdit
Cascades RegionEdit
Hauts-Bassins RegionEdit
- Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map)
- Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map)
- Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)
Sud-Ouest RegionEdit
- Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map)
- Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map)
- Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map)
- Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)
Western Burkina FasoEdit
Boucle du Mouhoun RegionEdit
- 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)
Centre-Ouest RegionEdit
Populations of the 45 ProvincesEdit
  |
| Province | Population at 2006 Census [4] |
Population at 2019 Census [5] |
|---|---|---|
| Balé | 213,423 | 297,367 |
| Bam | 275,191 | 473,955 |
| Banwa | 269,375 | 345,749 |
| Bazèga | 238,425 | 280,793 |
| Bougouriba | 101,479 | 153,606 |
| Boulgou | 543,570 | 736,559 |
| Boulkiemdé | 505,206 | 689,184 |
| Comoé | 407,528 | 632,695 |
| Ganzourgou | 319,380 | 481,794 |
| Gnagna | 408,669 | 675,897 |
| Gourma | 305,936 | 437,242 |
| Houet | 955,451 | 1,509,377 |
| Ioba | 192,321 | 265,876 |
| Kadiogo | 1,727,390 | 3,032,668 |
| Kénédougou | 285,695 | 399,836 |
| Komondjari | 79,507 | 105,584 |
| Kompienga | 75,867 | 117,672 |
| Kossi | 278,546 | 355,655 |
| Koulpélogo | 258,667 | 361,586 |
| Kouritenga | 329,779 | 479,930 |
| Kourwéogo | 138,217 | 181,202 |
| Léraba | 124,280 | 179,367 |
| Loroum | 142,853 | 198,178 |
| Mouhoun | 297,350 | 391,325 |
| Nahouri | 157,071 | 195,608 |
| Namentenga | 328,820 | 512,529 |
| Nayala | 163,433 | 223,090 |
| Noumbiel | 70,036 | 98,883 |
| Oubritenga | 238,775 | 314,514 |
| Oudalan | 195,964 | 158,146 |
| Passoré | 323,222 | 457,781 |
| Poni | 256,931 | 355,665 |
| Sanguié | 297,036 | 391,520 |
| Sanmatenga | 598,014 | 885,642 |
| Séno | 264,991 | 404,104 |
| Sissili | 208,409 | 336,972 |
| Soum | 347,335 | 363,633 |
| Sourou | 220,622 | 284,947 |
| Tapoa | 342,305 | 605,110 |
| Tuy | 228,458 | 329,162 |
| Yagha | 160,152 | 169,024 |
| Yatenga | 553,164 | 824,994 |
| Ziro | 175,915 | 241,663 |
| Zondoma | 166,557 | 239,955 |
| Zoundwéogo | 245,947 | 311,940 |
| Totals | 14,017,262 | 20,487,979 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Home". citypopulation.de.
- ^ provisional, from www.citypopulation.de