Centre-Ouest Region

Centre-Ouest
Region
The Grand Marché in Koudougou, the region's largest urban center.
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 11°45′N 2°15′W / 11.750°N 2.250°WCoordinates: 11°45′N 2°15′W / 11.750°N 2.250°W
Country	Burkina Faso
Capital	Koudougou
Area
• Total	8,387 sq mi (21,722 km^2)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,348,784[1]
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Centre-Ouest is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Ouest was 1,348,784 in 2011.^[2] The region's capital is Koudougou. Four provinces (Boulkiemdé, Sanguié, Sissili, and Ziro) make up the region.

Education

Adult (15+) literacy in the region increased from 23,0% in 2003 to 28,3% in 2008.^[3] In 2011 the region had 1,002 primary schools and 112 secondary schools. The University of Koudougou is also located in the region and had around 5,400 students in 2010/2011.^[4] In 2010/11 10,1% of the population (aged 13-19) attended secondary school, which was below the national average of 10.7%.^[5]

Languages

The main languages spoken in Centre-Ouest as of 2006 were Moore, Lyele, and Numi.^[6] (French is the official language throughout the country.)

Transportation

Koudougou train station

The main road connecting the national capital, Ouagadougou, and Burkina Faso's second largest city Bobo-Dioulasso traverses the province (east to west). Burkina Faso's only railway connects the region's largest city, Koudougou with Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso and Ivory Coast. There is no commercial airport in the province but Ouagadougou International Airport is approximately 141km southeast of Koudougou and as of June 2014 the airport had regularly scheduled flights to most major cities in West Africa as well as Paris, Brussels and Istanbul.

Provinces

The Region has 4 provinces.

The Provinces of Centre-Ouest

Province	Capital	Population (Census 2011)[7]
Boulkiemdé Province	Koudougou	567,680
Sanguié Province	Réo	333,195
Sissili Province	Léo	240,830
Ziro Province	Sapouy	207,079

References

1. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
2. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
3. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
4. Government of France, MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES ET EUROPEENNES, AMBASSADE DE FRANCE AU BURKINA FASO, FICHE BURKINA FASO, (French) http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/BURKINA_18-5-11__2_.pdf
5. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.
6. BOUGMA M., 2014. Dynamique des différentes langues en présence au Burkina Faso : les changements démo-linguistiques opérés au sein de la population burkinabè, 2014, Actes du XVIIe colloque international de l’AIDELF sur Démographie et politiques sociales, Ouagadougou, novembre 2012, 15 p.
7. "La région du Centre-Ouest en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6.