| Dagamtenga | |
|---|---|
  Dagamtenga Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa | |
| Coordinates: 11°55′19.50″N0°25′44.46″W / 11.9220833°N 0.4290167°W | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Kouritenga |
| Department | Dialgaye |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,393 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Dagamtenga, also spelt Dagemtenga, [1] is a commune in the Dialgaye Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 2,393 in 2006. [2] [3]
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 Dagamtenga's neighbourhoods, Guetenga, also spelt Guitanga, [4] was listed as a separate settlement with a population of 300, with Dagamtenga's population as 2,093. This would give the combined Dagamtenga-Guitanga settlement a total population of 2,393 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 2,393.
