Kouritenga Province
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.
Kouritenga Province
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- Kouritenga
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Key facts
• Name — Kouritenga • Settlement Type — Province • Mapsize — 300px • Mapsize1 — 300px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Burkina Faso • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Centre-Est Region • Seat Type — Capital • Seat — Koupéla • Area Total Km2 — 2621 • Population As Of — 2019 census • Population Total — 479,930 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Urban — 145867 • Timezone — GMT 0 • Utc Offset — +0
Departments
Departments
Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments: The Departments of Kouritenga • Department — Capital — Population (Census 2006) • Andemtenga Department — Andemtenga — 51,044 • Baskouré Department — Baskouré — 12,792 • Dialgaye Department — Dialgaye — 37,778 • Gounghin Department — Gounghin — 35,172 • Kando Department — Kando — 28,380 • Koupéla Department — Koupéla — 57,632 • Pouytenga Department — Pouytenga — 72,217 • Tensobentenga Department — Tensobentenga — 20,719 • Yargo Department — Yargo — 14,608
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Demographics
• Year — Population • 1985 — 198,486 • 2006 — 330,342
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- 1.Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Centre-Est Region
- 2.Cited in the source article.
- 3.Récapitulatif de la repartition du nombre de sièges des communes rurales. www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf.
- 4.Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
- 5.National 2006 census preliminary results (Archive link)
- 6.MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION. 1985.
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