Koudougou

Koudougou
Koudougou Train Station
Coat of arms
Koudougou Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa
Coordinates: 12°15′N 2°22′W / 12.250°N 2.367°W / 12.250; -2.367Coordinates: 12°15′N 2°22′W / 12.250°N 2.367°W / 12.250; -2.367
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Ouest Region
Province	Boulkiemdé Province
Department	Koudougou Department
Elevation	282 m (925 ft)
Population (2012)[1]
• Total	91,981
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Area code(s)	+226 50
Website	Official website

Koudougou is a town in the province of Boulkiemdé, 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. It is mainly inhabited by Mossi, and has 131,825 inhabitants, as of 2006.^[2] Koudougou is situated at the only railway line of the country and harbours some industries, like a factory for a soap factory, shea butter, a cotton factory and various textile factories.

Overview

As of February 2007, an industrious town plaza based around a soccer field includes: a community center and cafeteria, a kindergarten and primary school, radio-television production and broadcasting installations for Tele-Yaka, a clothing recycling and manufacturing workshop, an experimental mango and green-leaf vegetable plantation, a metal forge for construction and maintenance of farming tools and implements, a metal waste-management and metal engineering workshop geared towards machine parts and motor components, an electronics repair shop and an open-air exhibition space for local sculptors.

See also

• List of cities in Burkina Faso
• Railway stations in Burkina Faso

References

Further reading

Hilgers, M., Une ethnographie à l'échelle de la ville. Histoire et reconnaissance à Koudougou, Karthala, Paris, 2009.

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