Kouritenga Province

Kouritenga
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
CapitalKoupéla
Area
 • Province
2,621 km2 (1,012 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census)
 • Province
479,930
 • Density183.1/km2 (474.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
145,867
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Kouritenga (sometimes spelt Kourittenga) is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019, the province had a population of 479,930. Its capital is Koupéla.

Departments

Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Kouritenga
Department Capital Population
(Census 2006)
Andemtenga DepartmentAndemtenga51,044
Baskouré DepartmentBaskouré12,792
Dialgaye DepartmentDialgaye37,778
Gounghin DepartmentGounghin35,172
Kando DepartmentKando28,380
Koupéla DepartmentKoupéla57,632
Pouytenga DepartmentPouytenga72,217
Tensobentenga DepartmentTensobentenga20,719
Yargo DepartmentYargo14,608

Demographics

Year Population
1985 198,486
2006 330,342

See also

References

  1. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Centre-Est Region
  2. ↑ "Récapitulatif de la repartition du nombre de sièges des communes rurales". www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
  4. 1 2 National 2006 census preliminary results Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (Archive link)
  5. ↑ "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985.

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