The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes.
List of provinces by region
Here is a list of the provinces, with their capitals in parentheses:
Centrale Burkina Faso Centre Region Kadiogo (Ouagadougou) (#14 in map)
Centre-Nord Region Bam (Kongoussi) (#2 in map) Namentenga (Boulsa) (#26 in map) Sanmatenga (Kaya) (#34 in map)
Centre-Sud Region Bazèga (Kombissiri) (#4 in map) Nahouri (Pô) (#25 in map) Zoundwéogo (Manga) (#45 in map)
Plateau-Central Region Ganzourgou (Zorgho) (#9 in map) Kourwéogo (Boussé) (#21 in map) Oubritenga (Ziniaré) (#29 in map)
Est Burkina Faso Centre-Est Region Boulgou (Tenkodogo) (#6 in map) Koulpélogo (Ouargaye) (#19 in map) Kouritenga (Koupéla) (#20 in map)
Est Region Gnagna (Bogandé) (#10 in map) Gourma (Fada N'gourma) (#11 in map) Komondjari (Gayéri) (#16 in map) Kompienga (Pama) (#17 in map) Tapoa (Diapaga) (#39 in map)
Nord Burkina Faso Nord Region Loroum (Titao) (#23 in map) Passoré (Yako) (#31 in map) Yatenga (Ouahigouya) (#42 in map) Zondoma (Gourcy) (#44 in map)
Sahel Region Oudalan (Gorom-Gorom) (#30 in map) Séno (Dori) (#35 in map) Soum (Djibo) (#37 in map) Yagha (Sebba) (#41 in map)
Sud Burkina Faso Cascades Region Komoé (Banfora) (#8 in map) Léraba (Sindou) (#22 in map)
Hauts-Bassins Region Houet (Bobo-Dioulasso) (#12 in map) Kénédougou (Orodara) (#15 in map) Tuy (Houndé) (#40 in map)
Sud-Ouest Region Bougouriba (Diébougou) (#5 in map) Ioba (Dano) (#13 in map) Noumbiel (Batié) (#28 in map) Poni (Gaoua) (#32 in map)
Ouest Burkina Faso Boucle du Mouhoun Region Balé (Boromo) (#1 in map) Banwa (Solenzo) (#3 in map) Kossi (Nouna) (#18 in map) Mouhoun (Dédougou) (#24 in map) Nayala (Toma) (#27 in map) Sourou (Tougan) (#38 in map)
Centre-Ouest Region Boulkiemdé (Koudougou) (#7 in map) Sanguié (Réo) (#33 in map) Sissili (Léo) (#36 in map) Ziro (Sapouy) (#43 in map)
Populations of the 45 Provinces
Province Population at 2006 Census Population at 2019 Census provisional, from www.citypopulation.de Balé 213,423 297,367 Bam 275,191 473,955 Banwa 269,375 345,749 Bazèga 238,425 280,793 Bougouriba 101,479 153,606 Boulgou 543,570 736,559 Boulkiemdé 505,206 689,184 Komoé 407,528 632,695 Ganzourgou 319,380 481,794 Gnagna 408,669 675,897 Gourma 305,936 437,242 Houet 955,451 1,509,377 Ioba 192,321 265,876 Kadiogo 1,727,390 3,032,668 Kénédougou 285,695 399,836 Komondjari 79,507 105,584 Kompienga 75,867 117,672 Kossi 278,546 355,655 Koulpélogo 258,667 361,586 Kouritenga 329,779 479,930 Kourwéogo 138,217 181,202 Léraba 124,280 179,367 Loroum 142,853 198,178 Mouhoun 297,350 391,325 Nahouri 157,071 195,608 Namentenga 328,820 512,529 Nayala 163,433 223,090 Noumbiel 70,036 98,883 Oubritenga 238,775 314,514 Oudalan 195,964 158,146 Passoré 323,222 457,781 Poni 256,931 355,665 Sanguié 297,036 391,520 Sanmatenga 598,014 885,642 Séno 264,991 404,104 Sissili 208,409 336,972 Soum 347,335 363,633 Sourou 220,622 284,947 Tapoa 342,305 605,110 Tuy 228,458 329,162 Yagha 160,152 169,024 Yatenga 553,164 824,994 Ziro 175,915 241,663 Zondoma 166,557 239,955 Zoundwéogo 245,947 311,940 Totals 14,017,262 20,487,979
See also Geography of Burkina Faso Regions of Burkina Faso Communes of Burkina Faso ISO 3166-2:BF
References
External links Provinces of Burkina Faso at Statoids.com