Soum | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Location in Burkina Faso | |
 Provincial map of its departments | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Sahel Region |
| Capital | Djibo |
| Area | |
| • Province | 12,205 km2 (4,712 sq mi) |
| Population (2019 census) [1] | |
| • Province | 363,633 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61,462 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT 0) |
Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.
Its capital is Djibo.
Soum is divided into 9 departments:
| Department | Capital city | Population (Census 2006) [2] |
|---|---|---|
| Arbinda Department | Arbinda | 90,735 |
| Baraboule Department | Baraboule | 30,209 |
| Diguel Department | Diguel | 9,055 |
| Djibo Department | Djibo | 60,599 |
| Kelbo Department | Kelbo | 24,446 |
| Koutougou Department | Koutougou | 18,719 |
| Nassoumbou Department | Nassoumbou | 20,222 |
| Pobe-Mengao Department | Pobe-Mengao | 23,692 |
| Tongomayel Department | Tongomayel | 70,665 |
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.
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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An Islamist insurgency has been ongoing in the Sahel region of West Africa since the 2011 Arab Spring. In particular, the intensive conflict in the three countries of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has been referred to as the Sahel War.
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