Kompienga Province

Kompienga
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Est Region
Capital	Pama
Population (2006)
• Total	75,662
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Lake Kompienga

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

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.^[1]

Departments

The Departments of Kompienga
Department	Capital city	Population (Census 2006)^[2]
Kompienga Department	Kompienga	29,609
Madjoari Department	Madjoari	9,550
Pama Department	Pama	36,503

References

↑ Manson, K., Knight, J. (2006), Burkina Faso, p.196, Bradt Travel Guides, The Globe Pequot Press Inc., Retrieved on June 17, 2008
↑ 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: 11°25′N 0°55′E / 11.417°N 0.917°E / 11.417; 0.917

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