Kouritenga
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
CapitalKoupéla
Area
 • Province2,621 km2 (1,012 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census)[1]
 • Province479,930
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
 • Urban
145,867
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Kouritenga (sometimes spelt Kourittenga)[2] is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019, the province had a population of 479,930.[3] Its capital is Koupéla.

Departments

Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Kouritenga
Department Capital Population
(Census 2006)[4]
Andemtenga DepartmentAndemtenga51,044
Baskouré DepartmentBaskouré12,792
Dialgaye DepartmentDialgaye37,778
Gounghin DepartmentGounghin35,172
Kando DepartmentKando28,380
Koupéla DepartmentKoupéla57,632
Pouytenga DepartmentPouytenga72,217
Tensobentenga DepartmentTensobentenga20,719
Yargo DepartmentYargo14,608

Demographics

Year Population
1985 198,486[5]
2006 330,342[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Centre-Est Region
  2. ↑ "Récapitulatif de la repartition du nombre de sièges des communes rurales". www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
  4. 1 2 National 2006 census preliminary results Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (Archive link)
  5. ↑ "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985.

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