Kouritenga

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Kouritenga
Basic data
Region : Center-Est
Capital : Koupéla
Departments : 9
High Commissioner :
Area : 2621 km²
Residents : 402,569
(2013 estimate)
ISO 3166-2 : BF-KOT
location
Burkina Faso - Kouritenga.svg

Kouritenga is a province in the Center-Est region in the West African state of Burkina Faso with 402,569 inhabitants on 2621 km².

It consists of the departments of Andemtenga, Baskoure, Dialgaye, Gounghin, Kando, Koupéla, Pouytenga, Tensobentenga and Yargo. The highway from Ouagadougou to Niger runs through Kouritenga . The capital is Koupéla .

Location of the departments / municipalities

map No. Department / municipality
1 Andemtenga
2 Baskouré
3 Dialgaye
4th Gounghin
5 Kando
6th Koupéla
7th Pouytenga
8th Tensobentenga
9 Yargo

Individual evidence

  1. 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]).