Bingo, Boulkiemdé

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Bingo
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Bingo
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 12°18′N1°49′W / 12.300°N 1.817°W / 12.300; -1.817 Coordinates: 12°18′N1°49′W / 12.300°N 1.817°W / 12.300; -1.817
CountryFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Region Centre-Ouest Region
Province Boulkiemdé Province
Department Bingo Department
Population (2005)
 • Total 2,111
Time zone GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Bingo is a town in the Bingo Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Bingo Department and has a population of 2,111. [1]

Town settlement that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city

A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages but smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish them vary considerably between different parts of the world.

Bingo Department Department in Boulkiemdé Province, Burkina Faso

Bingo is a department in the province of Boulkiemdé, west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. As of 2005, it had a population of 16,541. Bingo is the capital of the department.

Boulkiemdé Province Province in Centre-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso

Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006 and 567,680 in 2011.

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Namesakes

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Kaya, Burkina Faso Regional capital in Centre-Nord, Burkina Faso

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Rail transport in Burkina Faso

There are 622 kilometres of 1,000 mm gauge railway in Burkina Faso which run from Kaya to the border with Côte d'Ivoire. As of June 2014 'Sitarail' operates a passenger train three times a week along the route from Ouagadougou to Abidjan. Journey time is 43 to 48 hours.

References

  1. ↑ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine .


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