Gounghin Department

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Gounghin is a department of Kouritenga Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Gounghin. According to the 2006 census the department has a total population of 35,257.

Towns and villages

Demographics

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1985

|29,475{{Cite web|url=https://www.odsef.fss.ulaval.ca/sites/odsef.fss.ulaval.ca/files/fonds_gp/c-doc_081_odsef.pdf|title=RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION|last=|first=|date=1985|website=|publisher=MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE|access-date=}}

1996

|34,850{{Cite web|url=http://www.matd.gov.bf/INFOROUTES/list_vill/D_CENTREEST.htm|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=2017-03-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100930/http://www.matd.gov.bf/INFOROUTES/list_vill/D_CENTREEST.htm|archivedate=2013-12-24}}

2006

|35,257{{Cite web|url=http://www.eauburkina.org/INO/Résultats%20INO_2014_Mars%202015.xls|title=Résultats de l'Inventaire National des Ouvrages d'Approvisionnement ...|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=11 March 2017|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312045859/http://www.eauburkina.org/INO/R%C3%A9sultats%20INO_2014_Mars%202015.xls|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceni.bf/sites/default/files/elections/repartition-sieges-conseilles-municipaux-02-2012.pdf|title=MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012|last=|first=|date=11 September 2012|website=|location=Ouagadougou|access-date=10 March 2017}}

References

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Category:Departments of Burkina Faso

Category:Kouritenga Province

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