Provinces of Burkina Faso

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The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.

Provinces of Burkina Faso with names

List of provinces by region

Provinces of Burkina Faso by number

Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:

Boucle du Mouhoun Region

• Balé (Boromo) (#1 in map)
• Banwa (Solenzo) (#3 in map)
• Kossi (Nouna) (#18 in map)
• Mouhoun (Dédougou) (#24 in map)
• Nayala (Toma) (#27 in map)
• Sourou (Tougan) (#38 in map)

Cascades Region

• Comoé (Banfora) (#8 in map)
• Léraba (Sindou) (#22 in map)

Centre Region

• Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)

Centre-Est Region

• Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
• Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
• Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)

Centre-Nord Region

• Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
• Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
• Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)

Centre-Ouest Region

• Boulkiemdé (Koudougou) (#7 in map)
• Sanguié (Réo) (#33 in map)
• Sissili (Léo) (#36 in map)
• Ziro (Sapouy) (#43 in map)

Centre-Sud Region

• Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
• Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
• Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)

Est Region

• Gnagna (Bogandé) (#10 in map)
• Gourma (Fada N'gourma) (#11 in map)
• Komondjari (Gayéri) (#16 in map)
• Kompienga (Pama) (#17 in map)
• Tapoa (Diapaga) (#39 in map)

Hauts-Bassins Region

• Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map)
• Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map)
• Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)

Nord Region

• Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map)
• Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map)
• Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map)
• Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)

Plateau-Central Region

• Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
• Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
• Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)

Sahel Region

• Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30in map)
• Séno (Dori) (#35 in map)
• Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map)
• Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)

Sud-Ouest Region

• Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map)
• Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map)
• Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map)
• Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)

See also

• Geography of Burkina Faso
• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Communes of Burkina Faso
• ISO 3166-2:BF

External links

• Provinces of Burkina Faso at Statoids.com

Provinces of Burkina Faso
Balé Bam Banwa Bazèga Bougouriba Boulgou Boulkiemdé Comoé Ganzourgou Gnagna Gourma Houet Ioba Kadiogo Kénédougou Komondjari Kompienga Kossi Koulpélogo Kouritenga Kourwéogo Léraba Loroum Mouhoun Nahouri Namentenga Nayala Noumbiel Oubritenga Oudalan Passoré Poni Sanguié Sanmatenga Séno Sissili Soum Sourou Tapoa Tuy Yagha Yatenga Ziro Zondoma Zoundwéogo

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