Boulkiemdé_Province

Boulkiemdé Province

Boulkiemdé Province

Province in Centre-Ouest Region, Burkina Faso


Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006[2] and 567,680 in 2011.[3]

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Education

In 2011 the province had 437 primary schools and 65 secondary schools.[3]

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 75 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 20 doctors and 262 nurses.[3]

Departments

Boulkiemde is divided into 13 departments as follows:

In pop-culture

Boulkiemdé (specifically the department of Bingo) was a location in the American television series The Amazing Race 12 (2007).

See also


References

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Centre-Ouest Region
  2. "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.

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