Koudougou
| Koudougou | ||||
| Status: | commune urbaine , department | |||
| Region: | Center-Ouest | |||
| Province: | Boulkiemdé | |||
| Surface: | 272 km² | |||
| Residents: | 131,825 (2006) | |||
| Population density: | 485 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 10 sectors / 15 villages | |||
| Mayor: | Maurice Mocktar Zongo | |||
| Prefect: | Nouzélé Kafando | |||
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| 12 ° 15 ′ N , 2 ° 22 ′ W | ||||
Koudougou is a city and a department encompassing the same area in the West African state of Burkina Faso , capital of the Center-Ouest region and the province of Boulkiemdé , 75 km west of Ouagadougou , the country's capital. It is mostly inhabited by Mossi and with 131,825 inhabitants in the ten sectors of the capital and the 15 surrounding villages one of the largest cities in the country.
Economy, transport and infrastructure
Koudougou is located on the Abidjan-Niger Railway , the only railway line in Burkina Faso, and is home to a number of small industrial plants, such as a factory for the production of shea butter , a cotton factory and several textile factories . The city has had a university since 2005.
The market in Koudougou is of supraregional importance and has been housed in a new market complex in the city center since 2005. The store designed by Laurent Séchaud on behalf of the SDC was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007 .
The music festival Nuits atypiques de Koudougou takes place once a year .
sons and daughters of the town
- Henri Guissou (1910–1979), civil servant, diplomat and politician
- Philippe Zinda Kaboré (1920–1947), politician
- Maurice Yaméogo (1921–1993), first President of Upper Volta
- Basile Tapsoba (* 1942), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop emeritus of Koudougou
- Hermann Yaméogo (* 1948), politician, son of Maurice Yaméogo
- Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), journalist and writer
- Frédéric Assomption Korsaga (* 1951), diplomat and politician
- Pierre Yaméogo (1955–2019), director and film producer
- Tertius Zongo (* 1957), Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2007-2011)
Town twinning
- Dreux in the Eure-et-Loir department (France), 1972
Koudougou has twinned with
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2006 census ( Memento from December 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Description and pictures of the market in Koudougou ( Memento of the original of November 23, 2008 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. on the website of an architecture magazine ( French )
- ^ Town twinning association Melsungen e. V.
