Cascades (Burkina Faso)
Basic data | |
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Capital : | Banfora |
Provinces : | 2 |
Governor : | Youssouf Roamba |
Area : | 18,663 km² |
Residents : | 589.741 |
Bev density: | 28.1 inhabitants / km² |
ISO 3166-2 : | BF-02 |
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Cascades is one of 13 regions into which the West African state of Burkina Faso is administratively divided. The capital is Banfora . The region in the southwest comprises the provinces of Comoé and Léraba and borders the Hauts-Bassins region in the north, Sud-Ouest in the east and Mali and the Ivory Coast in the south .
542,956 inhabitants (2006 census), who belong to a large number of ethnic groups, live on an area of 18,663 km². Cascades was created in 2001 and is the most industrialized region in the country after Center and Hauts-Bassins . It has numerous natural attractions, such as the Cascades de Banfora , the Dômes de Fabédougou , the Téngréla lake and the Pics de Sindou .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2006 census ( Memento from May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).