Sahel Region

Sahel
Region
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 14°15′N 00°45′W / 14.250°N 0.750°WCoordinates: 14°15′N 00°45′W / 14.250°N 0.750°W
Country	Burkina Faso
Capital	Dori
Area
• Total	35,360 km^2 (13,650 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	968,442
• Density	27/km^2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Sahel is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had a population of 969,881 in 2006. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces make up the region - Oudalan, Séno, Soum, and Yagha.

The Provinces of Plateau-Central

Province	Capital	Population (Census 2006)[1]
Oudalan Province	Gorom-Gorom	197,240
Séno Province	Dori	264,815
Soum Province	Djibo	348,341
Yagha Province	Sebba	159,485

Languages

The main languages spoken in Sahel Region as of 2006 were Fulfulde, Tamasheq (or "Bella"), and Moore.^[2] (French is the official language throughout the country.)

References

1. National 2006 census preliminary results
2. 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.