Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun
Province

Location in Burkina Faso

Provincial map of its departments
Country  Burkina Faso
Region Boucle du Mouhoun
Capital Dédougou
Area
 • Total 2,575 sq mi (6,668 km2)
Population (2006)
 • Total 298,088
Time zone GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.

Education

In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools.[1]

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 27 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 7 doctors and 151 nurses.[2]

Demographics

Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas. There are 148,732 men living in Mouhoun Province and 149,356 women.[3]

Departments

Mouhoun is divided into 7 departments:

 The Departments of Mouhoun
Departments Capitals Population
(Census 2006)[3]
Bondokuy DepartmentBondokuy 51,174
Dédougou DepartmentDédougou86,324
Douroula DepartmentDouroula 12,806
Kona DepartmentKona 19,585
Ouarkoye DepartmentOuarkoye 38,938
Safané DepartmentSafané 49,383
Tchériba DepartmentTchériba 39,778

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 National 2006 census preliminary results

Coordinates: 12°27′N 3°28′W / 12.450°N 3.467°W