Boulga | |
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  Boulga Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa | |
| Coordinates: 11°51′13.56″N0°18′45.75″W / 11.8537667°N 0.3127083°W | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Kouritenga |
| Department | Dialgaye |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,051 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Boulga is a commune in the Dialgaye Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 2,115 in 2006. [1] [2]
Dialgaye is a department of Kouritenga Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Dialgaye. According to the 2006 census the department has a total population of 36,893.
Kouritenga, sometimes spelt Kourittenga, is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2006 the province had a population of 330,342. Its capital is Koupéla.
Centre-Est is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Est was 1,132,023 in 2006. The region's capital is Tenkodogo. Three provinces—Boulgou, Koulpélogo, and Kouritenga, make up the region.
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In the 2006 census, one of Boulga's neighbourhoods, Kamsagho, also spelt Kamsaogho, [2] was listed as a separate settlement with a population of 1,064, with Boulga's population as 1,051. This would give the combined Boulga-Kamsaogho settlement a total population of 2,115 in 2006. This population division differs from the divisions in the neighbourhood data, however the total population of all of the neighbourhoods also comes to 2,115.
