Boulgou Province

For the village in Ganzourgou Province, see Boulgou, Ganzourgou.

Boulgou
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Coordinates: 11°30′N 0°30′W
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Est Region
Capital	Tenkodogo
Area
• Province	6,687 km^2 (2,582 sq mi)
Population  (2019 census)[1]
• Province	737,843
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
• Urban	133,553
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

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 2019 was 737,843.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1985	332,920	—
1996	415,583	+24.8%
2006	543,570	+30.8%
2019	737,843	+35.7%
Source: [1]

As of 2019, 54.2% of the population is female and 45.8% is male. 46.4% is under 14 years old, 49.4% are between 14 and 64 years of age and only 4.1% of the population is aged 65 or more.^[1]

Departments

The province of Boulgou is divided into 13 departments.

The 13 departments of Boulgou Province

Departments	Communes	Population (Census 2013)[2]
Bagré Department	Bagré	29,328
Bané Department	Bané	24,541
Béguédo Department	Béguédo	19,665
Bissiga Department	Bissiga	21,228
Bittou Department	Bittou	70,760
Boussouma Department	Boussouma	26,473
Garango Department	Garango	71,408
Komtoèga Department	Komtoèga	20,126
Niaogho Department	Niaogho	19,091
Tenkodogo Department	Tenkodogo	124,053
Zabré Department	Zabré	84,728
Zoaga Department	Zoaga	10,892
Zonsé Department	Zonsé	19,993

See also:

• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Provinces of Burkina Faso
• Communes of Burkina Faso

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of Boulgou province in the Centre-Est Region
2. "National 2013 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2007-12-20.