Provinces of Burkina Faso
# Provinces of Burkina Faso

The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.

## List of provinces by region

Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:

### Central Burkina Faso

**Centre Region**

* Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)

**Centre-Nord Region**

* Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map)
* Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map)
* Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)

**Centre-Sud Region**

* Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map)
* Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map)
* Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)

**Plateau-Central Region**

* Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map)
* Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map)
* Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)

### Eastern Burkina Faso

**Centre-Est Region**

* Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map)
* Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map)
* Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)

**Est Region**

* Gnagna (Bogandé) (#10 in map)
* Gourma (Fada N'gourma) (#11 in map)
* Komondjari (Gayéri) (#16 in map)
* Kompienga (Pama) (#17 in map)
* Tapoa (Diapaga) (#39 in map)

### Northern Burkina Faso

**Nord Region**

* Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map)
* Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map)
* Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map)
* Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)

**Sahel Region**

* Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30 in map)
* Séno (Dori) (#35 in map)
* Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map)
* Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)

### Southern Burkina Faso

**Cascades Region**

* Comoé (Banfora) (#8 in map)
* Léraba (Sindou) (#22 in map)

**Hauts-Bassins Region**

* Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map)
* Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map)
* Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)

**Sud-Ouest Region**

* Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map)
* Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map)
* Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map)
* Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)

### Western Burkina Faso

**Boucle du Mouhoun Region**

* Balé (Boromo) (#1 in map)
* Banwa (Solenzo) (#3 in map)
* Kossi (Nouna) (#18 in map)
* Mouhoun (Dédougou) (#24 in map)
* Nayala (Toma) (#27 in map)
* Sourou (Tougan) (#38 in map)

**Centre-Ouest Region**

* Boulkiemdé (Koudougou) (#7 in map)
* Sanguié (Réo) (#33 in map)
* Sissili (Léo) (#36 in map)
* Ziro (Sapouy) (#43 in map)

## Populations of the 45 Provinces

| Province | Population at 2006 Census | Population at 2019 Census |
| - | - | - |
| Balé | 213,423 | 297,367 |
| Bam | 275,191 | 473,955 |
| Banwa | 269,375 | 345,749 |
| Bazèga | 238,425 | 280,793 |
| Bougouriba | 101,479 | 153,606 |
| Boulgou | 543,570 | 736,559 |
| Boulkiemdé | 505,206 | 689,184 |
| Comoé | 407,528 | 632,695 |
| Ganzourgou | 319,380 | 481,794 |
| Gnagna | 408,669 | 675,897 |
| Gourma | 305,936 | 437,242 |
| Houet | 955,451 | 1,509,377 |
| Ioba | 192,321 | 265,876 |
| Kadiogo | 1,727,390 | 3,032,668 |
| Kénédougou | 285,695 | 399,836 |
| Komondjari | 79,507 | 105,584 |
| Kompienga | 75,867 | 117,672 |
| Kossi | 278,546 | 355,655 |
| Koulpélogo | 258,667 | 361,586 |
| Kouritenga | 329,779 | 479,930 |
| Kourwéogo | 138,217 | 181,202 |
| Léraba | 124,280 | 179,367 |
| Loroum | 142,853 | 198,178 |
| Mouhoun | 297,350 | 391,325 |
| Nahouri | 157,071 | 195,608 |
| Namentenga | 328,820 | 512,529 |
| Nayala | 163,433 | 223,090 |
| Noumbiel | 70,036 | 98,883 |
| Oubritenga | 238,775 | 314,514 |
| Oudalan | 195,964 | 158,146 |
| Passoré | 323,222 | 457,781 |
| Poni | 256,931 | 355,665 |
| Sanguié | 297,036 | 391,520 |
| Sanmatenga | 598,014 | 885,642 |
| Séno | 264,991 | 404,104 |
| Sissili | 208,409 | 336,972 |
| Soum | 347,335 | 363,633 |
| Sourou | 220,622 | 284,947 |
| Tapoa | 342,305 | 605,110 |
| Tuy | 228,458 | 329,162 |
| Yagha | 160,152 | 169,024 |
| Yatenga | 553,164 | 824,994 |
| Ziro | 175,915 | 241,663 |
| Zondoma | 166,557 | 239,955 |
| Zoundwéogo | 245,947 | 311,940 |
| Totals | 14,017,262 | 20,487,979 |
