Kossouka (department)

Kossouka
Department
Kossouka Department location in the province
Kossouka Department location in the province
Country Burkina Faso
RegionHauts-Bassins Region
ProvinceYatenga Province
Area
 • Total
64.6 sq mi (167.4 km2)
Population
 (2019 census)
 • Total
26,926
 • Density416.6/sq mi (160.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Kossouka is a department or commune of Yatenga Province in Burkina Faso. It is located near the upper reaches of the White Volta River, on the border with Mali and north of the country's capital, Ouagadougou.

As of 2019, it had an estimated population of 26,900 inhabitants.

References

  1. ↑ Citypopulation.de Communes of Burkina Faso
  2. ↑ "Résultats préliminaires du RGPH 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Resultats Preliminaires, Du recensement General De La Population Et De L'Habitation De 2006" (PDF). Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.