Kompienga Province

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Kompienga
Province
Burkina Faso - Kompienga.svg
Location in Burkina Faso
Kompienga department.png
Provincial map of its departments
Coordinates: 11°25′N0°55′E / 11.417°N 0.917°E / 11.417; 0.917
Country Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Region Est Region
Capital Pama
Area
  Province6,998 km2 (2,702 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 census) [1]
  Province117,672
  Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
   Urban
13,579
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Kompienga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Est Region.

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The capital of Kompienga is Pama. The province also borders the country of Togo. The Kompienga Dam located in the province is the country's first hydro-electric dam and is responsible for much of Ouagadougou's electricity supply. [2]

Departments

Lake Kompienga Kompiengastausee MS1107.jpg
Lake Kompienga
The Departments of Kompienga
DepartmentCapital cityPopulation
(Census 2019)
Kompienga Department Kompienga 45,986
Madjoari Department Madjoari 9,974
Pama Department Pama 61,722

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References

  1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Est Region
  2. Manson, K.; Knight (2006). "IV: The East". Burkina Faso . Bradt Travel Guides, The Globe Pequot Press Inc. p.  196. ISBN   1841621544 . Retrieved June 17, 2008.