Kompienga (Province)
Basic data | |
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Region : | Est |
Capital : | Pama |
Departments : | 3 |
High Commissioner : | |
Area : | 6998 km² |
Residents : | 102,645 (2013 estimate) |
ISO 3166-2 : | BF-KMP |
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Kompienga is a province in the Est region in the West African state of Burkina Faso with 102,645 inhabitants on 6,998 km².
It is located in the south-east and until 1996 it was part of the province of Gourma , is only sparsely populated, but rich in natural landscapes in the nature reserves in the east of the provincial capital Pama . To the west of Pama lies the Kompiengastausee , a local fishing center. There are also numerous hunting areas. In the south, the Pendjari separates the province from neighboring Benin .
Location of the departments and communes
map | No. | Department / municipality |
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1 | Kompienga | |
2 | Madjoari | |
3 | Pama |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Institut national de la statistique et de la demographie [INSD] (ed.): Annuaire statistique 2013 . December 2014, Tableau 01.01: List des communes par région et par province en 2013 , Tableau 02.17: Population et densité par région et province , Tableau 02.20: Population du Burkina Faso par province de 2001 à 2013 en milieu d'année , p. 5–6, 22–23, 32–35 (French, insd.bf [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on February 27, 2015]).