Kankamogre-Peulh | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Centre-Est Region |
Province | Boulgou Province |
Department | Bittou Department |
Population (2005 est.) | |
• Total | 960 |
Kankamogre-Peulh is a small town in the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the town has a population of 960. [1]
Bittou is a department or commune of Boulgou Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Bittou. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 34,496.
Boulgou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Est Region. The capital of Boulgou is Tenkodogo. The population of Boulgou in 2006 was 542,286.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) and is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest. The July 2018 population estimate by the United Nations was 19,751,651. Burkina Faso is a francophone country, with French as the official language of government and business. Roughly 40% of the population speaks the Mossi language. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabé. Its capital is Ouagadougou.
It is located near Kankamogre, and the appended French ethnonym Peuhl (Fula or Fulani; Fula : Fulɓe) would indicate that its population was or is mainly Fula people.[ citation needed ]
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