Namissiguima Department, Sanmatenga

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Namissiguima
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Namissiguima Department, Sanmatega location in the province
Country Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Province Sanmatenga Province
Time zone GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Namissiguima is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Namissiguima. [1]

Departments of Burkina Faso administrative division and commune of Burkina Faso

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 :

Sanmatenga Province Province in Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso

Sanmatenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Nord Region.

Burkina Faso country in Africa

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.

Towns and villages

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Namissiguima can refer to:

References

  1. ↑ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2016-12-31 at the Wayback Machine .


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