Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.

Mouhoun
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionBoucle du Mouhoun
CapitalDédougou
Area
 • Province2,571 sq mi (6,659 km2)
Population
 (2019 census)[1]
 • Province391,325
 • Density150/sq mi (59/km2)
 • Urban
63,617
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Education

In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools.[2]

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 27 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 7 doctors and 151 nurses.[3]

Demographics

Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas. There are 148,732 men living in Mouhoun Province and 149,356 women (2006 census).[4]

Departments

Mouhoun is divided into 7 departments:

The Departments of Mouhoun
Departments Capitals Population
(Census 2006)[4]
Bondokuy DepartmentBondokuy51,174
Dédougou DepartmentDédougou86,324
Douroula DepartmentDouroula12,806
Kona DepartmentKona19,585
Ouarkoye DepartmentOuarkoye38,938
Safané DepartmentSafané49,383
Tchériba DepartmentTchériba39,778

See also

References
  1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Boucle du Mouhoun Region
  2. "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
  3. "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
  4. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-27.


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