Souloungou
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| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Est Region |
| Province | Gnagna Province |
| Department | Liptougou Department |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 8,818 |
Souloungou is a town in the Liptougou Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 4,261.[1]
The terrain around Soulougou is flat. The highest point in the area is 408 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level and is 15.5 km (9.5 mi) south of Soulougou. With a population density of about 27 people per square kilometre (0.81 sq mi), Soulougou is relatively sparsely populated. There are no other towns in the area.[2]
Geography
[edit]Souloungou – which is a locality with scattered residential centers and which administratively constitutes the most populated territory in the department – is located 20 km south-east of Liptougou and 13 km north-west of Bonsiéga.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1985[3] | 6,308 | — |
| 2006[4] | 5,039 | −20.1% |
| 2019[5] | 8,818 | +75.0% |
Health and education
[edit]The closest health center to Souloungou is the Bonsiéga health and social promotion center (CSPS).[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ "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. pp. 82–91.
- ↑ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
- ↑ Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 194–205.
- ↑ "Health map 2010" (PDF). cns.bf. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
13°01′N 0°23′E / 13.017°N 0.383°E
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