Houet | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Location in Burkina Faso | |
 Provincial map of its departments | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Hauts-Bassins |
| Capital | Bobo-Dioulasso |
| Area | |
| • Province | 4,468 sq mi (11,571 km2) |
| Population (2019 census) [1] | |
| • Province | 1,509,377 |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| • Urban | 904,920 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT 0) |
Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377. [1]
Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bobo-Dioulasso is further subdivided in arrondissements) :
| Commune | Capital | Population Census 2006) [2] |
|---|---|---|
| Dandé Department | Dandé | 21,310 |
| Bama Department | Bama | 69,631 |
| Faramana Department | Faramana | 16,734 |
| Fô Department | Fô | 19,199 |
| Karangasso-Sambla Department | Karankasso-Sambla | 25,598 |
| Karangasso-Vigué Department | Karankasso-Vigué | 76,570 |
| Koundougou Department | Koundougou | 17,041 |
| Léna Department | Léna | 18,106 |
| Padéma Department | Padéma | 50,957 |
| Péni Department | Péni | 35,430 |
| Satiri Department | Satiri | 37,369 |
| Toussiana Department | Toussiana | 17,255 |
| Bobo-Dioulasso Department | Bobo-Dioulasso | |
| ● Bobo-Dioulasso (Rural) | 61,919 | |
| ● Dafra (Arrondissement) | 175,903 | |
| ● Dô (Arrondissement) | 153,790 | |
| ● Konsa (Arrondissement) | 105,850 |
Burkina Faso is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River, mostly between latitudes 9° and 15°N, and longitudes 6°W and 3°E. The land is green in the south, with forests and fruit trees, and semi-arid in the north. Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, 198–305 metres (650–1,001 ft) above sea level, with fields, brush, and scattered trees. Burkina Faso's game preserves – the most important of which are Arly, Nazinga, and W National Park—contain lions, elephants, hippopotamus, monkeys, common warthogs, and antelopes. Previously the endangered painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus occurred in Burkina Faso, but, although the last sightings were made in Arli National Park, the species is considered extirpated from Burkina Faso.
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 904,920 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.
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Tuy is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. Its capital is Houndé.
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Hauts-Bassins is one of Burkina Faso's thirteen administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Bobo Dioulasso. Three provinces make up the region—Houet, Kénédougou, and Tuy.
Houndé is a city located in the province of Tuy in the Hauts-Bassins Region of Burkina Faso. It is situated about 100 km east by northeast of Bobo-Dioulasso along the trunk road Route nationale N1 to Ouagadougou.
Faramana is a town in Houet Province in western Burkina Faso.
Bobo-Dioulasso is a department or commune of Houet Province in south-western Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Bobo-Dioulasso.
Satiri is a department or commune of Houet Province in south-western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Satiri.
Bama is a village in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 1,080.
Sala is a town in central Burkina Faso. It is in Satiri Department, Houet Province, Hauts-Bassins Region.
Burkina Faso is divided into thirteen regions, forty-five provinces, and 351 departments.
The Nazi Boni University is a university in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Burkina Faso. It is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso.
Kénédougou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The 2019 census reported a population of 399,836.
Bona is a village in Lena Department, Houet Province, Burkina Faso.
Koumbia is a town in southwestern Burkina Faso, capital of the rural municipality and Department of Koumbia in Tuy Province. It is situated about 70 km east of Bobo-Dioulasso along the trunk road Route nationale N1 to Ouagadougou where the Route régionale R25 joins the N1.
The Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso is a mosque in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Hauts-Bassins Region, Burkina Faso.
Kodeni Solar Power Station, is a 38 MW (51,000 hp) solar power plant, under construction in Burkina Faso. The solar farm is under development by the French IPP, Africa Ren, with funding from European financial institutions, led by FMO Entrepreneurial Development Bank of the Netherlands. Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso (SONABEL), the state-owned electricity utility company has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA), with Koden Solar SASU, the special purpose vehicle company established by the owners to own, develop, operate and maintain the solar farm.
Coordinates: 11°20′N4°15′W / 11.333°N 4.250°W
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