Boucle du Mouhoun Region
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Country | Burkina Faso |
Capital | Dédougou |
Area | |
• Total | 34,333 km2 (13,256 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,434,847 |
Time zone | GMT 0 (UTC+0) |
Boucle du Mouhoun is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had a population of 1,434,847 in 2006. It is the 2nd most populous region in Burkina Faso after Centre Region, and contains 10.5% of all Burkinabé.[1] The region's capital is Dédougou. Six provinces make up the Boucle du Mouhoun region – Balé, Banwa, Kossi, Mouhoun, Nayala, and Sourou.
Province | Capital | Population (Census 2006)[1] |
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Balé Province | Boromo | 213,897 |
Banwa Province | Solenzo | 267,934 |
Kossi Province | Nouna | 272,223 |
Mouhoun Province | Dédougou | 298,008 |
Nayala Province | Toma | 162,869 |
Sourou Province | Tougan | 219,826 |
Languages
The main languages spoken in Boucle du Mouhoun as of 2006 were Moore, Bwamu, and Samo (or San).[2] (French is the official language throughout the country.)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National 2006 census preliminary results [1]
- ↑ BOUGMA M., 2014. Dynamique des différentes langues en présence au Burkina Faso : les changements démo-linguistiques opérés au sein de la population burkinabè, 2014, Actes du XVIIe colloque international de l’AIDELF sur Démographie et politiques sociales, Ouagadougou, novembre 2012, 15 p.