Linonghin

Linonghin
Country Burkina Faso
RegionPlateau-Central Region
ProvinceGanzourgou
DepartmentKogho Department
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
618

Linonghin is a village in the Kogho Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso.

On August 11, 1974, Linonghin was the site of Burkina Faso's deadliest airliner crash. An Ilyushin Il-18V of Air Mali that had diverted to Ouagadougou on a flight to Niamey began circling the wrong town and made a forced landing after running out of fuel. 47 of the 60 on board were killed.

Population
YearPop.±%
2006 446—    
2019 618+38.6%

References

  1. ↑ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18V TZ-ABE Linoghin". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ↑ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
  4. ↑ Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 289–297.