Diébougou
| Diébougou | ||||
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| Status: | commune urbaine | |||
| Region: | Sud-Ouest | |||
| Province: | Bougouriba | |||
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| Residents: | 41,348 | |||
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| Structure: | 7 sectors / 23 villages | |||
| Mayor: | ||||
| Prefect: | Aly Rouamba | |||
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Diébougou is a city ( commune urbaine ) and a department in the Sud-Ouest region of the West African state of Burkina Faso . It is the capital of the Bougouriba Province and has 41,348 inhabitants.
Diébougou was founded around 1840 and signed a protectorate treaty with the French in 1897. Bobo-Dioulasso, among others, was occupied by the newly established military post. In 1903 the place had about 900 inhabitants.
Diébougou is the seat of the Diébougou diocese .
See also
Web links
- Research project on Diébougou (PDF; 1.99 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preliminary results of the 2006 census ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 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. (PDF; 3.3 MB)
- ↑ Council of Ministers, July 26, 2006 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Departments / communes in the province of Bougouriba
Coordinates: 10 ° 57 ′ N , 3 ° 15 ′ W