Sanmatenga | |
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Province | |
 Location in Burkina Faso | |
 Provincial map of its departments | |
| Coordinates: 13°15′N1°05′W / 13.250°N 1.083°W | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre-Nord Region |
| Capital | Kaya |
| Area | |
| • Province | 9,290 km2 (3,590 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census) [1] | |
| • Province | 885,642 |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 121,970 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT 0) |
| ISO 3166 code | BF-SMT |
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Its capital is Kaya.
Sanmatenga is divided into 10 departments:
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The Sanmatenga attacks occurred on 8 September 2019 in the Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso. In the Barsalogho Department a vehicle transporting people and goods, that was returning from a market, drove over an improvised explosive device (IED). 15 passengers were killed and six were injured in the IED attack. Most of the victims were traders. Meanwhile, around 50 km to the east, a convoy with vans carrying provisions for people displaced by fighting was attacked by gunmen. In this attack, 14 people were killed. It is unknown who carried out this attacks.
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On May 30, 2020, unknown militants ambushed an aid convoy escorted by Burkinabe gendarmes near the town of Barsalogho as it was returning from delivering food to civilians in Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso. Thirteen people were killed and forty others were wounded in the attack.
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