Gaoua
| Gaoua | |||
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| Status: | commune urbaine | ||
| Region: | Sud-Ouest | ||
| Province: | Poni | ||
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| Residents: | 52,090 | ||
| Population density: | |||
| Structure: | 8 sectors / 56 villages | ||
| Mayor: | Farayeri Frédéric Da | ||
| Prefect: | Saidou Guigma | ||
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Gaoua is a city and a department in the West African state of Burkina Faso , each comprising the same area.
Gaoua is the capital of the Sud-Ouest region and the Poni province . Including the 56 villages belonging to the commune urbaine, it has 52,090 inhabitants, and 18,496 as a single settlement divided into eight sectors.
The Lobi are the predominant ethnic group in Gaoua and live mainly from agriculture. In the city is the Musée des civilizations du sud-ouest .
sons and daughters of the town
- Idrissa Traoré (* 1943), coach of the Burkinabe national soccer team
See also
Web links
- Photos from Gaoua (French)
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 Poni
Coordinates: 10 ° 19 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ W