Sanmatenga
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| Region : | Center north |
| Capital : | Kaya |
| Departments : | 11 |
| High Commissioner : | |
| Area : | 9290 km² |
| Residents : | 725,014 (2013 estimate) |
| ISO 3166-2 : | BF-SMT |
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Sanmatenga is a province in the Center-North region of the West African state of Burkina Faso . It consists of eleven departments and municipalities. The capital is Kaya . Most of the Mossi people live in the province . A new reservoir is located in Ziga , which supplies the capital Ouagadougou with water.
Location of the departments / municipalities
| map | No. | Department / municipality |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barsalogho | |
| 2 | Boussouma | |
| 3 | Dablo | |
| 4th | Kaya | |
| 5 | Korsimoro | |
| 6th | Namissiguima | |
| 7th | Mané | |
| 8th | Penza | |
| 9 | Pibaore | |
| 10 | Pissila | |
| 11 | Ziga |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b 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]).