Andemtenga Department

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Andemtenga
Department
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Andemtenga Department location in the province
Country Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Province Kouritenga Province
Area
 • Total270.3 sq mi (700.0 km2)
Population
 (2019 census)
 • Total69,428
 • Density260/sq mi (99/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Andemtenga is a department of Kouritenga Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Andemtenga. It had a total population of 49,207 in 2006. Its name is sometimes shortened to Andem in colloquial usage. [1]

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In the 2012 parliamentary and municipal election, Innoncent Kontoumgomdé (also spelt Inoussa Oumdamde) of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) was elected Mayor of Andemtenga Department for a five-year term, [2] beating rival candidate Antoudiouendé Jeans Yves Kaboré of the Union for the Republic (UPR) by claiming 47 of the 55 votes spread amongst the 27 villages of the department. [3] This followed the death of mayor Nonguema Johanie Kaboré in June 2012. The ballot was held on 10 January 2013 in the courtyard of the town hall of Andemtenga, [4] and Kontoumgomdé was invested on 6 February 2013. [3]

From 2015, Ibrahim Koussé was the Prefect of Andemtenga Department. [5] [6] [7]

Towns and villages

Demographics

YearPopulation
198533,405 [9]
199647,622 [10]
200649,207 [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Commune rurale d'Andemtenga : « Il y a eu des promesses en 2010 mais, jusque là, notre commune n'a pas été électrifiée », dixit Kontoumgomdé Innocent. - L'Express du Faso". www.lexpressdufaso-bf.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. 1 2 "Commune De Andemtenga : Le maire installé". aOuaga.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  4. ↑ "Burkina Faso: Commune de Andemtenga - Le maire installé". 13 February 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2017.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Burkina Faso: Phénoméne de pendaisons à Andemtenga". allAfrica.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  6. ↑ "PHENOMENE DE PENDAISONS A ANDEMTENGA : Malédiction ou signe d'un malaise social ? | Editions Le Pays". lepays.bf (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  7. ↑ "COMPTE RENDU DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES MCOM-CRCNT N° 001 DU 07 JANVIER 2015 | Ambassade du Burkina à Paris". www.ambaburkina-fr.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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  9. ↑ "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985.
  10. ↑ "Burkinabé government inforoute communale". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  11. ↑ "MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012" (PDF). Ouagadougou. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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