Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun
—  Province  —
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Boucle du Mouhoun
Capital	Dédougou
Area
- Total	2,574.5 sq mi (6,668 km2)
Population (2006)
- Total	298,088
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.

Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas. There are 148,732 men living in Mouhoun Province and 149,356 women.^[1]

Mouhoun is divided into 7 departments:

The Departments of Mouhoun

Departments	Capitals	Population (Census 2006)[1]
Bondokuy Department	Bondokuy	51,174
Dédougou Department	Dédougou	86,324
Douroula Department	Douroula	12,806
Kona Department	Kona	19,585
Ouarkoye Department	Ouarkoye	38,938
Safané Department	Safané	49,383
Tchériba Department	Tchériba	39,778

See also:

• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Provinces of Burkina Faso
• Departments of Burkina Faso

References

1. ^ ^{a b} National 2006 census preliminary results