Bam (Burkina Faso)

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Bam
Basic data
Region : Center north
Capital : Kongoussi
Departments : 9
High Commissioner : Siaka Ouattara
Area : 4084 km²
Residents : 334,582
(2013 estimate)
ISO 3166-2 : BF-BAM
location
Burkina Faso - Bam.svg

Bam is a province in the Center-Nord region in the West African state of Burkina Faso with 334,582 inhabitants on 4084 km².

The province consists of the departments of Bourzanga , Rollo , Zimtenga , Kongoussi , Tikaré , Rouko , Nasséré , Sabcé and Guibaré . The capital is Kongoussi. The Bamsee is of economic importance for agriculture and fishing .

The departments of Bam
Departments Capital population

(2006 Census)

Bourzanga Department Bourzanga 48.545
Guibare Department Guibare 23.830
Kongoussi Department Kongoussi 68,807
Nassere Department Nassere 10.507
Rollo Department Roller blind 26.722
Rouko Department Rouko 13.651
Sabce Department Sabce 23.668
Tikare Department Tikare 37.702
Zimtenga Department Zimtenga 23.660

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Institut national de la statistique et de la demographie [INSD] (ed.): Annuaire statistique 2013 . December 2014, Tableau 01.01: List des communes par région et par province en 2013 , Tableau 02.17: Population et densité par région et province , Tableau 02.20: Population du Burkina Faso par province de 2001 à 2013 en milieu d'année , p. 5–6, 22–23, 32–35 (French, insd.bf [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on February 27, 2015]).