Banwa

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Banwa
Basic data
Region : Boucle du Mouhoun
Capital : Solenzo
Departments : 6th
High Commissioner : Moumouni Traoré
Area : 5888 km²
Residents : 323,602
(2013 estimate)
ISO 3166-2 : BF-BAN
location
Burkina Faso - Banwa.svg

Banwa is a province in the Boucle du Mouhoun region in the West African state of Burkina Faso with 323,602 inhabitants on 5888 km².

Location of the departments in the province of Banwa

The province consists of the departments of Balavé , Kouka , Sami , Sanaba , Solenzo and Tansila .

The capital is Solenzo. The inhabitants of the province are mainly Bwaba , Mossi and Sanan who make a living from agriculture.

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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]).