Youga

Youga
Village
Youga is located in Burkina Faso
Youga
Youga
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 11°03′N 0°27′W / 11.050°N 0.450°W / 11.050; -0.450
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
ProvinceBoulgou Province
DepartmentZabré Department
Government
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
2,776
Time zoneUTC

Youga is a village in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso, about 2 km north from the Burkina Faso–Ghana border. As of 2019 there was a gold mine in Youga operated by a Turkish subcontractor

Population
YearPop.±%
1985 917—    
2006 1,153+25.7%
2019 2,776+140.8%

References

  1. ↑ "Burkinabé government inforoute communale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Killing at Turkish-run gold mine in Burkina Faso reveals tensions between local workers and expats". Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  3. ↑ "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. pp. 38–53.
  4. ↑ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
  5. ↑ Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 75–86.