Pama (Burkina Faso)
| Pama | |||
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| Status: | commune urbaine | ||
| Region: | Est | ||
| Province: | Kompienga | ||
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| Residents: | 36.503 | ||
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| Structure: | 4 arrondissements / 14 villages | ||
| Mayor: | Aimé Maxime Onadja | ||
| Prefect: | Saidou Sawadogo | ||
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Pama is a small town (commune urbaine) and a department encompassing the same area in the south-east of the West African state of Burkina Faso in the Est region and the capital of Kompienga Province . The main town, which is divided into four sectors, and its 14 villages (Bombontangou, Folpodi, Kabonga I, Kabonga II, Kalmama-Signoghin, Koalou, Kompiembiga, Kpadiari, Nadiagou, Niorgou I, Niorgou II, Oumpougdéni, Tibadi and Tindangou) have a total of 36,503 inhabitants . Pama is on the road between Fada N'Gourma and the border with Benin , which is also a transhumance track for cattle from northern Burkina towards the coastal countries. To the east lies the nature reserve Réserve partial de Pama , to the west of the Kompienga reservoir .
Pama has an airport with the international identification XPA.
According to the legend, Diaba Lompo , first king of the gourmantché , rode out of the clouds here and made Pama the first capital of the Gulmu Empire .
No access for farm animals to the Réserve de Pama
Temporary river course in the Réserve de Pama
Web links
- Monograph of the city of Pama (French)
- Topographic map of the Pama region
- African Protected Areas Report on the Reserve de Pama
- DED Transhumance Study , p. 48 ff. And p. 76
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preliminary results of the 2006 census (PDF; 3.3 MB)
- ↑ 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 ° 14 ' N , 0 ° 43' E