Provinces of Burkina Faso

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Since the regions have become the primary subdivisions, I've demoted the provinces to secondary subdivisions, and have changed their HASC codes by inserting the appropriate region code between the country component (BF) and the province component. I did the same with the department HASC codes in the second table. The departments are now tertiary subdivisions.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 9, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2004-10-01. It assigns FIPS codes to the fifteen new provinces. It also changes the FIPS codes of the old provinces from which the new ones were formed. Details are shown on the Regions of Burkina Faso page, under Change history.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Burkina Faso, the draft standard showed 45 provinces. The final standard showed the same 45 provinces and the same codes, with one exception. Komoé, with KOM as its code, was altered to Comoé, with the code COM.

ProvinceHASCISOFIPSProvPop-2006Pop-1996Area(km.²)Area(mi.²)CapitalFormerly
BaléBF.BO.BABALUV4531213,897168,1704,5951,774BoromoMouhoun, Sissili
BamBF.CN.BMBAMUV1501277,092211,5514,0841,577KongoussiBam
BanwaBF.BO.BWBANUV4632267,934215,2975,8822,271SolenzoKossi
BazègaBF.CS.BZBAZUV4702238,202213,8243,9631,530KombissiriBazèga
BougouribaBF.SO.BBBGRUV4803102,50776,4982,8121,086DiébougouBougouriba
BoulgouBF.CE.BLBLGUV4904542,286415,5836,6922,584TenkodogoBoulgou
BoulkiemdéBF.CO.BKBLKUV1905498,008421,3024,2691,648KoudougouBoulkiemdé
ComoéBF.CD.KMCOMUV5506400,534241,37615,2775,898BanforaKomoé
GanzourgouBF.PC.GZGANUV2007319,830256,9214,1781,613ZorghoGanzourgou
GnagnaBF.ES.GGGNAUV2108407,739307,3728,4683,269BogandéGnagna
GourmaBF.ES.GMGOUUV5009304,169220,11611,1174,292Fada-N'GourmaGourma
HouetBF.HB.HOHOUUV5110902,662672,11411,5684,467Bobo-DioulassoHouet
IobaBF.SO.IOIOBUV5233197,186161,4843,2891,270DanoBougouriba, Sissili
KadiogoBF.CT.KAKADUV53111,523,980941,8942,8051,083OuagadougouBazèga, Kadiogo, Oubritenga
KénédougouBF.HB.KNKENUV5412283,463198,5418,1373,142OrodaraKénédougou
KomandjoariBF.ES.KJKMDUV563480,04750,4845,0481,949GayériGourma
KompiengaBF.ES.KPKMPUV573575,66240,7667,0292,714PamaGourma
KossiBF.BO.KSKOSUV5813272,233240,9937,3242,828NounaKossi
KoulpélogoBF.CE.KLKOPUV5936259,395187,3992,497964OuargayeBoulgou, Gourma
KouritengaBF.CE.KRKOTUV2814330,342250,1172,6221,012KoupélaKouritenga, Namentenga
KourwéogoBF.PC.KWKOWUV6037136,017115,9961,588613BousséBoulkiemdé, Kadiogo, Oubritenga
LérabaBF.CD.LELERUV6138124,42292,9273,1291,208SindouKénédougou, Komoé
LoroumBF.NO.LOLORUV6239142,990111,3393,5921,387TitaoYatenga
MouhounBF.BO.MOMOUUV6315298,088235,3916,6682,575DédougouMouhoun
NahouriBF.CS.NRNAOUV6516155,463119,7393,7541,449PôNaouri
NamentengaBF.CN.NMNAMUV6417327,749251,9096,4642,496BoulsaNamentenga
NayalaBF.BO.NYNAYUV6640162,869136,3933,9191,513TomaSourou
NoumbielBF.SO.NBNOUUV674169,99251,4312,7361,056BatiéPoni
OubritengaBF.PC.OBOUBUV6818237,290197,2372,7781,073ZiniaréOubritenga
OudalanBF.SA.ODOUDUV3319197,240137,1609,7973,783Gorom-GoromOudalan
PassoréBF.NO.PAPASUV3420322,873272,1373,8671,493YakoPassoré
PoniBF.SO.POPONUV6921254,371195,9787,3652,844GaouaPoni
SanguiéBF.CO.SGSNGUV3622297,230249,5835,1781,999RéoSanguié
SanmatengaBF.CN.STSMTUV7023598,232464,0329,2813,583KayaSanmatenga
SénoBF.SA.SESENUV7124264,815201,7606,8632,650DoriSéno
SissiliBF.CO.SSSISUV7225212,628153,4647,1362,755LéoSissili
SoumBF.SA.SMSOMUV4026348,341253,39312,2224,719DjiboSoum
SourouBF.BO.SRSORUV7327219,826188,5125,7652,226TouganSourou
TapoaBF.ES.TATAPUV4228341,782234,96814,5945,635DiapagaTapoa
TuyBF.HB.TUTUIUV7442224,159160,7725,6392,177HoundéBougouriba, Houet
YaghaBF.SA.YGYAGUV7543159,485116,4196,4682,497SebbaSéno
YatengaBF.NO.YTYATUV7629547,952448,9416,9902,699OuahigouyaYatenga
ZiroBF.CO.ZRZIRUV7744175,607119,2195,1391,984SapouySissili
ZondomaBF.NO.ZMZONUV7845168,955127,6541,758679GourcyYatenga
ZoundwéogoBF.CS.ZWZOUUV4430244,714197,1333,6041,391MangaBoulgou, Zoundwéogo
45 provinces13,730,25810,325,289267,950103,456
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. First five characters give the
    HASC code for the region containing the province.
  • ISO: Province codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "BF-" to the
    code (ex: BF-ZIR represents Ziro).
  • Prov: Province code (used on license plates).
  • Pop-2006: 2006-12-23 census, preliminary results.
  • Pop-1996: 1996-12-10 census.
  • Area: Accurate to about three significant figures.
  • Formerly: Province(s) from the 1984 subdivision whose territory corresponds to the new province.

Further subdivisions:

See the Departments of Burkina Faso page.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Balé: Les Balé (variant)
  2. Banwa: Les Banwa (variant)
  3. Bazèga: Bazéga (variant)
  4. Houet: Houé (variant)
  5. Comoé: Komoé (obsolete)
  6. Komandjoari: Komondjari (variant)
  7. Kouritenga: Kourittenga (variant)
  8. Nahouri: Naouri (obsolete)
  9. Tuy: Tui (variant)
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