Taparko
Taparko | |
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 Interactive map of Taparko | |
| Coordinates: 13°29′12″N 0°19′43″W / 13.4866581°N 0.3284888°W | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre-Nord |
| Province | Namentenga |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,316 |
| 2006[1] | |
Taparko is a locality located in the Yalgo department of the Namentenga province in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso.
Geography
[edit]Taparko is located about 12 km southwest of the center of Yalgo, the capital of the department. The commune is at the junction of National Road 3 and the end of National Road 18 going from Taparko to Manni then Bogandé and Fada N'Gourma.
Economy
[edit]The economy of Taparko, historically agro-pastoral, was profoundly changed with the opening in 2008 of the open-pit gold mine operated by the Russian company Nordgold[2][3][4]– with however insufficient benefits for the village population, particularly in terms of jobs[5] – but whose production has been tending towards the end since 2019.[6]
Education and health
[edit]Taparko hosts a health and social promotion center (CSPS) while the medical center (CM) is in Tougouri and the medical center with surgical antenna (CMA) of the province is in Boulsa.[7][circular reference]
References
[edit]- ↑ (xls) Liste des villages du Burkina Faso - Recensement 2006 sur le site HDX–Open data Burkina Faso, consulté le 14 janvier 2019.
- ↑ Boulou, Nestor. "Nordgold presents its Taparko exploration program for 2018". LeFaso.net. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ Atcha, Emmanuel. "Gold sector in Burkina: Russian Nordgold maintains its investment rate in 2019". La Tribune Afrique. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ Manfred, Paul (2018). "Our medium and long-term market forecasts are positive" (PDF). Économies Africaines (5): 136–137.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Ismaël Nabolé, Ignace. "Relations between populations and Mines: REPOCOM visits Taparko and Essakane". Burkina 24. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ↑ Kaboré, Elie. "Mining production in 2019: Drop in production but increase in revenue". L'Économiste du Faso. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Health map 2010" (PDF). Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso. pp. 41–42. Retrieved February 26, 2020.