Balemba

Balemba
Interactive map of Balemba
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Est Region
Province	Gnagna Province
Department	Manni Department
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,352

Balemba is a town in the Manni Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. ^[1]

The land around Balèmba is largely flat. The highest point in the area is 280 metres (920 ft) above sea level and is 1.2 km (0.7 mi) southeast of Balèmba. The nearest larger town is Bogandé, 19.5 km (12 mi) southwest of Balèmba.

The area around Balèmba is almost entirely covered in grassland. There are about 19 people per square kilometre around Balèmba, with a small population. The climate is hot and dry. The average temperature is 28 °C. The hottest month is May, at 33 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C. The average rainfall is 782 millimetres (31 in) per year. The wettest month is August, with 217 millimetres (8.5 in) of rain, and the driest is December, with 1 millimetre (0.4 in).

Geography

Balemba is located 18 km northeast of Bogandé, the provincial capital, and 4 km from Mopienga. The commune is 18 km from the national road 18.

Population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006 [2]	1,901	—
2019 [3]	1,352	−28.9%

Health and education

The closest health center to Balemba is the Mopienga health and social promotion center (CSPS). ^[4]

Other

Balemba may also refer to two placenames in Gabon, or to an ethnic group in Katanga.

References

1. Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
2. "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
3. Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 194–205.
4. "Health map 2010" (PDF). cns.bf. Retrieved 2025-02-15.

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