| Mogtédo | |
|---|---|
| Department | |
 Mogtédo Department location in the province | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Ganzourgou Province |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mogtedo has a king who take care of the tradition and make sure that certain moral values don't change with the time. It also has a mayor whose name is Mr. Tibo Joseph Guigma. The mayor take care of the social duties such as birth, lands, weddings, and commerce certificates. He is the one who ensure that the whole department respect the bylaws and signs all the legal documents. |
| • Mayor, | Tibo Joseph Guigma. King, Sa Majesty Naba Koabga de Mogtedo. |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 44,668 |
| Time zone | GMT 0 (UTC+0) |
Mogtédo is a department or commune of Ganzourgou Province in central-eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Mogtédo. According to the 2006 general population census, actualized in 2012 for the municipal elections, the department has a total population of 44,668. [1]
The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments, whose urbanized areas are grouped into the same commune (municipality) with the same name as the department. The 351 communes created in those departments have three kinds of status :
Ganzourgou is a province of Burkina Faso and is in Plateau-Central Region. The capital of Ganzourgou is Zorgho, which is along the road between Ouagadougou and Niamey, Niger. Other important localities in the province are Mogtédo and Méguet. The population of Ganzourgou in 2006 was 319,830.
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.
