Léraba Province

Léraba
Province
View of the town of Sindou, capital of Léraba Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Cascades Region
Capital	Sindou
Area
• Province	3,132 km^2 (1,209 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Province	179,367
• Density	57/km^2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	7,053
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Léraba is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region.

Its capital is Sindou. Its highest point (and the highest point of the country) is Mount Tenakourou with an elevation of 747 metres (2,451 ft).

Departments

Leraba is divided into 8 departments:

The Departments of Léraba

Department	Capital city	Population (Census 2006)[2]
Dakoro Department	Dakoro	13,204
Douna Department	Douna	9,025
Kankalaba Department	Kankalaba	9,675
Loumana Department	Loumana	23,955
Niankorodougou Department	Niankorodougou	34,196
Oueleni Department	Oueleni	12,130
Sindou Department	Sindou	18,484
Wolonkoto Department	Wolonkoto	3,753

See also

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

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Cascades Region
2. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2014-10-25.

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