Regions of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative regions. Each region is administered by a Governor.

Region	Area (km²) ^[1]	Population (2011)	Administrative Capital
Boucle du Mouhoun	34,333	1,631,321	Dédougou
Cascades	18,424	637,279	Banfora
Centre	2,869	2,136,581	Ouagadougou
Centre-Est	14,710	1,302,449	Tenkodogo
Centre-Nord	19.677	1,375,380	Kaya
Centre-Ouest	21,752	1,348,784	Koudougou
Centre-Sud	11,457	722,631	Manga
Est	46,694	1,416,229	Fada N'gourma
Hauts-Bassins	25,343	1,469,604	Bobo Dioulasso
Nord	16,414	1,185,604	Ouahigouya
Plateau-Central	8,545	696,372	Ziniaré
Sahel	35,360	968,442	Dori
Sud-Ouest	16,153	620,767	Gaoua

These regions are divided into 45 provinces and subdivided into 351 communes.

References

^ Burkina Faso at Geohive

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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Regions of Burkina Faso