Ganzourgou Province

Ganzourgou is a province of Burkina Faso and is in Plateau-Central Region. The capital of Ganzourgou is Zorgho, which is along the road between Ouagadougou and Niamey, Niger. Other important localities in the province are Mogtédo and Méguet. The population of Ganzourgou in 2006 was 319,830.[1]

Ganzourgou
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country Burkina Faso
RegionPlateau-Central Region
CapitalZorgho
Area
  Total1,613 sq mi (4,178 km2)
Population
 (2006)
  Total319,830
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Ganzourgou is divided into 8 departments:

The Departments of Ganzourgou
Commune Capital Population
(Census 2006)[1]
Boudry DepartmentBoudry80,948
Kogho DepartmentKogho15,790
Méguet DepartmentMéguet34,724
Mogtédo DepartmentMogtédo50,809
Salogo DepartmentSalogo21,405
Zam DepartmentZam39,582
Zorgho DepartmentZorgho46,898
Zoungou DepartmentZoungou29,674

See also

References

  1. National 2006 census preliminary results Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine


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