Boussouma
| Boussouma | |||
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| Status: | commune rurale | ||
| Region: | Center north | ||
| Province: | Sanmatenga | ||
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| Residents: | 81,474 | ||
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| Structure: | 47 villages / 5 sectors | ||
| Mayor: | Issaka Isidore Ouédraogo | ||
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Boussouma is both a municipality ( French commune rurale ) and a department encompassing the same area in the West African state of Burkina Faso in the Center-Nord region and the province of Sanmatenga . The municipality has 81,474 inhabitants in 47 villages and five sectors of the main town, the majority of them Mossi .
Boussouma was an independent kingdom until it was conquered by the French at the end of the 19th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preliminary results of the 2006 census (PDF; 3.16 MB)
Departments / municipalities in the Sanmatenga Province
Coordinates: 12 ° 31 ' N , 0 ° 50' E