Ouargaye

Ouargaye
Status:	commune urbaine
Region:	Center-Est
Province:	Koulpé logo
Surface:
Residents:	34,288
Population density:
Structure:	5 sectors / 12 villages
Mayor:	Prosper Zombré
Prefect:	Séiba Compaoré
location
Ouargaye

Ouargaye is a city and a department in Burkina Faso , capital of the province of Koulpélogo in the Center-Est region. The city is the center of the Yaama, an ethnic group related to the Mossi , and has 34,288 inhabitants in the five sectors of the main town and the 12 villages surrounding it. Ouargaye lies on the Precambrian granite pedestal , which was formed more than two billion years ago and makes up three quarters of the country's area and forms part of the central section of the Upper Guinea threshold. The relief of this flat undulating plateau is characterized by depressions, knolls, hills and isolated island mountains , which were formed in the Birrimia , are mostly covered by laterite armor and show granite intrusions . Ouargaye is about 240 km from the country's capital.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Preliminary results of the 2006 census (PDF; 3.3 MB)
2. ↑ 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. 

Coordinates: 11 ° 30 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E