Boucle du Mouhoun

Boucle du Mouhoun
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Basic data
Capital :	Dédougou
Provinces :	6th
Governor :	Temaï Pascal Benon
Area :	34,479 km²
Residents :	1,434,847
Bev density:	41.6 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	BF-01
location

Boucle du Mouhoun is one of 13 regions into which the West African state of Burkina Faso is administratively divided. The capital is Dédougou . The region to the west includes the provinces of Balé , Banwa , Kossi , Mouhoun , Nayala and Sourou and is bordered by Center-Ouest to the east, Hauts-Bassins to the south , the north-east to the north and the state of Mali to the west .

1,434,847 inhabitants (2006 census) live on 34,479 km², mainly Sanan and Bwaba , most of whom are of Islamic faith.

The provinces of Boucle du Mouhoun

province	Capital	Population (2006 Census)
Balé	Boromo	213,897
Banwa	Solenzo	267.934
Kossi	Nouna	272.223
Mouhoun (province)	Dédougou	298.008
Nayala	Toma	162,869
Sourou	Tougan	219,826

The gold mines in Boucle du Mouhoun are the most important in Burkina Faso, and there are also deposits of diamonds and bauxite . The region is hardly industrialized, the majority of the population operates subsistence agriculture .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2006 Census ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ National 2006 census preliminary results [1] (PDF; 3.3 MB)