Saponé, Burkina Faso

Saponé
Saponé Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 12°3′10″N 1°36′13″W / 12.05278°N 1.60361°W / 12.05278; -1.60361Coordinates: 12°3′10″N 1°36′13″W / 12.05278°N 1.60361°W / 12.05278; -1.60361
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Sud Region
Province	Bazèga Province
Department	Saponé Department
Elevation	306 m (1,004 ft)
Population (2012)[1]
• Total	21,148

Saponé is a town in the Saponé Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 21,148 and is the capital of Saponé Department and is located approximately 40 kilometres south of Ougadougou.^[2]

In Saponé, over twenty years an informal young football club developed into a local farmers' association in the town. The association plays an important role in local activity, and aside from running a large farm, it invests in many developments in the town and runs the local secondary school and Saponé radio station.^[3]

Geography

The nearest towns and villages include Kologonaba (0.8 nm), Ouidi (0.7 nm), Nabitenga (1.3 nm), Bonogo (1.4 nm), Tanlilli (1.4 nm), Goden (1.7 nm) and Sakpelse (1.0 nm).

Sister city

• Brest, France

Economy

The economy is dominated by cotton production to attempt to fight off poverty. The Sina Moussa cotton farm of Saponé is set in seven-hectares and brings in 500,000 CFA a year although there is much uncertainty in production value. The peaking growing season is between October and November when the fields are white, known to the locals as "white gold" ^[4] when cotton buyers arrive from the capital in their trucks eager to exports the cotton to the market.^[5] The town also has a plantation growing fruits.^[6]

References

External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com

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