Bam Province

Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2006 it had a population of 277092. It is a rural province with 252,509 of its residents living in the countryside; only 24,583 live in urban areas. There are 132,086 men living in Bam Province and 145,006 women.[1]

Bam
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Nord Region
CapitalKongoussi
Area
  Land1,576,8 sq mi (4,084 km2)
Population
 (2013)
  Total277,092
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Bam is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Bam
Departments Capital city Population
(Census 2006)[1]
Bourzanga DepartmentBourzanga48,545
Guibare DepartmentGuibare23,830
Kongoussi DepartmentKongoussi68,807
Nassere DepartmentNassere10,507
Rollo DepartmentRollo26,722
Rouko DepartmentRouko13,651
Sabce DepartmentSabce23,668
Tikare DepartmentTikare37,702
Zimtenga DepartmentZimtenga23,660

Twin towns

gollark: Catching isn't skill. It's internet and reflexes. Until the level of Sunfish (all hail).
gollark: Too much space and unused incubates here.
gollark: Wow, a chicken offered for my aeon.
gollark: Most people have loads just sitting there unbred which they could breed off for you.
gollark: Especially if they already say "ask me if you want a thing".

See also

References

  1. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  2. "site de la ville". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  3. "site de la ville". Archived from the original on 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2008-05-26.


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