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Per Law No.40/98/AN in 1998, Burkina Faso adhered to decentralization to provide administrative and financial autonomy to local communities. Most of these, according to their individual articles, were implemented on 2 July 2001.

Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative regions. Each region is administered by a governor.

A clickable map of Burkina Faso exhibiting its 13 administrative regions.Centre Region (Burkina Faso)Centre Region (Burkina Faso)Est Region (Burkina Faso)Nord Region (Burkina Faso)Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso)Cascades RegionCentre-Ouest RegionHauts-Bassins RegionBoucle du Mouhoun RegionCentre-Nord RegionSahel RegionCentre-Est RegionCentre-Sud RegionCentre-Sud RegionPlateau-Centre RegionPlateau-Centre Region
A clickable map of Burkina Faso exhibiting its 13 administrative regions.
Region Area
(km2) [1]		 Population
(2024)[2] 		Density

(per km2 in 2024)

Administrative
capital
Boucle du Mouhoun 34,333 2,120,626 62.1 Dédougou
Cascades 18,424 944,950 51.3 Banfora
Centre 2,869 3,623,784 1,292 Ouagadougou
Centre-Est 14,710 1,787,201 121.9 Tenkodogo
Centre-Nord 19,677 2,134,352 107.6 Kaya
Centre-Ouest 21,752 1,866,251 85.9 Koudougou
Centre-Sud 11,457 872,845 77.2 Manga
Est 46,694 2,240,243 48.5 Fada N'gourma
Hauts-Bassins 25,343 2,572,566 101.5 Bobo Dioulasso
Nord 16,414 1,939,319 119.7 Ouahigouya
Plateau-Central 8,545 1,096,483 128.3 Ziniaré
Sahel 35,360 1,223,695 34.6 Dori
Sud-Ouest 16,153 986,700 61.1 Gaoua

These regions are divided into 45 provinces and subdivided into 351 communes.

See also

References

  1. ^ Burkina Faso at Geohive
  2. ^ "Burkina Faso: Administrative Division (Regions and Provinces) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

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