Houet | |
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Province | |
![]() Location in Burkina Faso | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Hauts-Bassins |
Capital | Bobo-Dioulasso |
Area | |
• Province | 4,468 sq mi (11,571 km2) |
Population (2019 census)[1] | |
• Province | 1,509,377 |
• Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
• Urban | 904,920 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT 0) |
Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377.[1]
Departments
[edit]Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bobo-Dioulasso is further subdivided in arrondissements) :
Commune | Capital | Population Census 2006)[2] |
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Dandé Department | Dandé | 21,310 |
Bama Department | Bama | 69,631 |
Faramana Department | Faramana | 16,734 |
Fô Department | Fô | 19,199 |
Karangasso-Sambla Department | Karankasso-Sambla | 25,598 |
Karangasso-Vigué Department | Karankasso-Vigué | 76,570 |
Koundougou Department | Koundougou | 17,041 |
Léna Department | Léna | 18,106 |
Padéma Department | Padéma | 50,957 |
Péni Department | Péni | 35,430 |
Satiri Department | Satiri | 37,369 |
Toussiana Department | Toussiana | 17,255 |
Bobo-Dioulasso Department | Bobo-Dioulasso | |
● Bobo-Dioulasso (Rural) | 61,919 | |
● Dafra (Arrondissement) | 175,903 | |
● Dô (Arrondissement) | 153,790 | |
● Konsa (Arrondissement) | 105,850 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Hauts-Bassins Region
- ^ "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
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