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Houet Province

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Houet
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionHauts-Bassins
CapitalBobo-Dioulasso
Area
  Province
11,571 km2 (4,468 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census)[1]
  Province
1,509,377
  Density130.44/km2 (337.85/sq mi)
  Urban
904,920
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)
ISO 3166 codeBF-HOU

Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377.[1]

Departments

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Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bobo-Dioulasso is further subdivided in arrondissements) :

The Departments of Houet
Commune Capital Population
Census 2006)[2]
Dandé DepartmentDandé21,310
Bama DepartmentBama69,631
Faramana DepartmentFaramana16,734
Fô Department19,199
Karangasso-Sambla DepartmentKarankasso-Sambla25,598
Karangasso-Vigué DepartmentKarankasso-Vigué76,570
Koundougou DepartmentKoundougou17,041
Léna DepartmentLéna18,106
Padéma DepartmentPadéma50,957
Péni DepartmentPéni35,430
Satiri DepartmentSatiri37,369
Toussiana DepartmentToussiana17,255
Bobo-Dioulasso DepartmentBobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso (Rural)61,919
Dafra (Arrondissement)175,903
Dô (Arrondissement)153,790
Konsa (Arrondissement)105,850

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Hauts-Bassins Region
  2. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2014-10-15.

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