Mouhoun (province)
Basic data | |
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Region : | Boucle du Mouhoun |
Capital : | Dédougou |
Departments : | 7th |
High Commissioner : | |
Area : | 6659 km² |
Residents : | 358,239 (2013 estimate) |
ISO 3166-2 : | BF-MOU |
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Mouhoun is a province in the Boucle du Mouhoun region of the West African state of Burkina Faso with 358,239 inhabitants on 6659 km².
It is named after the Mouhoun river of the same name , the Black Volta. The capital of the province is Dédougou .
Location of the departments / municipalities
map | No. | Department / municipality |
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1 | Bondokuy | |
2 | Dédougou | |
3 | Douroula | |
4th | Kona | |
5 | Ouarkoye | |
6th | Safané | |
7th | Tchériba |
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]).