Ganzourgou Province

Ganzourgou
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Plateau-Central Region
Capital	Zorgho
Area
• Total	1,613 sq mi (4,178 km²)
Population (2006)
• Total	319,830
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Ganzourgou is a province of Burkina Faso and is in Plateau-Central Region. The capital of Ganzourgou is Zorgho, which is along the road between Ouagadougou and Niamey, Niger. Other important localities in the province are Mogtédo and Méguet. The population of Ganzourgou in 2006 was 319,830.^[1]

Ganzourgou is divided into 8 departments:

The Departments of Ganzourgou
Commune	Capital	Population (Census 2006)^[1]
Boudry Department	Boudry	80,948
Kogho Department	Kogho	15,790
Méguet Department	Méguet	34,724
Mogtédo Department	Mogtédo	50,809
Salogo Department	Salogo	21,405
Zam Department	Zam	39,582
Zorgho Department	Zorgho	46,898
Zoungou Department	Zoungou	29,674

References

1 2 National 2006 census preliminary results

Provinces of Burkina Faso

Balé Bam Banwa Bazèga Bougouriba Boulgou Boulkiemdé Comoé Ganzourgou Gnagna Gourma Houet Ioba Kadiogo Kénédougou Komondjari Kompienga Kossi Koulpélogo Kouritenga Kourwéogo Léraba Loroum Mouhoun Nahouri Namentenga Nayala Noumbiel Oubritenga Oudalan Passoré Poni Sanguié Sanmatenga Séno Sissili Soum Sourou Tapoa Tuy Yagha Yatenga Ziro Zondoma Zoundwéogo

Coordinates: 12°14′17″N 0°47′08″W / 12.23806°N 0.78556°W / 12.23806; -0.78556

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