Houet Province

Houet
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Hauts-Bassins
Capital	Bobo-Dioulasso
Area
• Province	4,468 sq mi (11,571 km^2)
Population  (2019 census)[1]
• Province	1,509,377
• Density	340/sq mi (130/km^2)
• Urban	904,920
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377.^[1]

Departments

Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bobo-Dioulasso is further subdivided in arrondissements) :

The Departments of Houet

Commune	Capital	Population Census 2006)[2]
Dandé Department	Dandé	21,310
Bama Department	Bama	69,631
Faramana Department	Faramana	16,734
Fô Department	Fô	19,199
Karangasso-Sambla Department	Karankasso-Sambla	25,598
Karangasso-Vigué Department	Karankasso-Vigué	76,570
Koundougou Department	Koundougou	17,041
Léna Department	Léna	18,106
Padéma Department	Padéma	50,957
Péni Department	Péni	35,430
Satiri Department	Satiri	37,369
Toussiana Department	Toussiana	17,255
Bobo-Dioulasso Department	Bobo-Dioulasso
● Bobo-Dioulasso (Rural)		61,919
● Dafra (Arrondissement)		175,903
● Dô (Arrondissement)		153,790
● Konsa (Arrondissement)		105,850

See also

• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Provinces of Burkina Faso
• Departments of Burkina Faso

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Hauts-Bassins Region
2. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2014-10-15.

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