Doumbala Department
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Doumbala is a department
or commune of Kossi Province
in western Burkina Faso
. Its capital lies at the town of Doumbala. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 26,124 .
Departments of Burkina Faso
The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 301 departments or communes. The departments are listed below, by province:-Balé:* Bagassi Department* Bana Department* Boromo Department* Fara Department* Oury Department* Pâ Department...
or commune of Kossi Province
Kossi Province
The Province de la Kossi lies in the western part of Burkina Faso and stretches to the border with Mali. It is in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Kossi is the town of Nouna, which has a mayor and high commissioner...
in western Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. Its capital lies at the town of Doumbala. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 26,124 .
Towns and villages
- Doumbala (1 897 inhabitants) (capital)
- Bamperla (579 inhabitants)
- Bangassi-Bobo (498 inhabitants)
- Bangassi-Illa (1 333 inhabitants)
- Bangassi-Mamoudoud (334 inhabitants)
- Bankuy (142 inhabitants)
- Bassam (169 inhabitants)
- Boanekuy (793 inhabitants)
- Bokuy (212 inhabitants)
- Boukuy (409 inhabitants)
- Dakuy (864 inhabitants)
- Henlekuy (615 inhabitants)
- Karekuy (440 inhabitants)
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(279 inhabitants) - Kini-Kini (171 inhabitants)
- Koa (1 133 inhabitants)
- Kodara (1 291 inhabitants)
- Kolonzo (1 291 inhabitants)
- Konkuy-Boho (306 inhabitants)
- Konkuy-Koro (1 589 inhabitants)
- Kourkuy (334 inhabitants)
- LanfieraLanfiéraLanfiéra is a village in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it had a population of 617.-References:...
(528 inhabitants) - MontionkuyMontionkuyMontionkuy is a village in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. As of 2005, it had a population of 786....
(734 inhabitants) - Mounakoro (1 501 inhabitants)
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(1 815 inhabitants) - Porokuy (361 inhabitants)
- Saint-Camille (285 inhabitants)
- Saint-Martin (785 inhabitants)
- Saint-Paul (157 inhabitants)
- Saworokuy (405 inhabitants)
- Simbora (1 066 inhabitants)
- Teni (1 878 inhabitants)
- Teni-Peulh (267 inhabitants)
- Tiourkuy (249 inhabitants)
- Wanzan (465 inhabitants)
- Zekuy (949 inhabitants)