Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun
Mouhoun
Province
	Location in Burkina Faso
	Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Boucle du Mouhoun
Capital	Dédougou
Area
• Province	2,571 sq mi (6,659 km2)
Population (2019 census)
• Province	391,325
• Density	150/sq mi (59/km2)
• Urban	63,617
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.

Education[]

In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools.^[2]

Healthcare[]

In 2011 the province had 27 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 7 doctors and 151 nurses.^[3]

Demographics[]

Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas. There are 148,732 men living in Mouhoun Province and 149,356 women (2006 census).^[4]

Departments[]

Mouhoun is divided into 7 departments:

The Departments of Mouhoun
Departments	Capitals	Population (Census 2006)^[4]
Bondokuy Department	Bondokuy	51,174
Dédougou Department	Dédougou	86,324
Douroula Department	Douroula	12,806
Kona Department		19,585
Ouarkoye Department	Ouarkoye	38,938
Safané Department		49,383
Tchériba Department		39,778

References[]

^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Boucle du Mouhoun Region
^ "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun 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.
^ "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-27.

Coordinates: 12°27′N 3°28′W / 12.450°N 3.467°W / 12.450; -3.467

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[1] Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Boucle du Mouhoun Region

[2] "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun 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.

[3] "La région du Boucle du Mouhoun 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.

[c2006-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-27.

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