Kouritenga Province

Kouritenga (sometimes spelt Kourittenga)^[2] is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019, the province had a population of 479,930.^[3] Its capital is Koupéla.

Kouritenga
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Est Region
Capital	Koupéla
Area
• Province	2,621 km2 (1,012 sq mi)
Population  (2019 census)[1]
• Province	479,930
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
• Urban	145,867
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Departments

Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Kouritenga

Department	Capital	Population (Census 2006)[4]
Andemtenga Department	Andemtenga	51,044
Baskouré Department	Baskouré	12,792
Dialgaye Department	Dialgaye	37,778
Gounghin Department	Gounghin	35,172
Kando Department	Kando	28,380
Koupéla Department	Koupéla	57,632
Pouytenga Department	Pouytenga	72,217
Tensobentenga Department	Tensobentenga	20,719
Yargo Department	Yargo	14,608

Demographics

Year	Population
1985	198,486[5]
2006	330,342[4]

See also

• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Provinces of Burkina Faso
• Departments of Burkina Faso

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Centre-Est Region
2. "Récapitulatif de la repartition du nombre de sièges des communes rurales". www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
3. Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
4. National 2006 census preliminary results Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (Archive link)
5. "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.

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