Kombissiri
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| Status: | commune urbaine | |||
| Region: | Center-Sud | |||
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| Residents: | 66,342 | |||
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| Structure: | 5 sectors / 57 villages | |||
| Mayor: | Macaire Zabré | |||
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Kombissiri is a city and a department in the Center-Sud region of the West African state of Burkina Faso . It is the capital of the province of Bazèga and is located south of the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on the highway to Ghana .
66,342 people live in the main town, which is divided into five sectors, and the 57 towns that make up the municipality.
The Nam Ymi mosque is worth seeing .
Kombissiri was the scene of a meeting between the British Lieutenant Northcott and the French Captain Arminion at the end of the 19th century , at which the two colonial powers sealed the border between their territories. The ruler of the Mossi empire Ouagadougou , who fled from the French to the British colony of Gold Coast , had hoped from this meeting that with the help of the British he could regain his rule, which they had previously promised him.
Personalities
- Joseph Conombo (1917–2008), Prime Minister of Upper Volta / Burkina Faso
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preliminary results of the 2006 census ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 12 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 20 ′ W