Kadiogo
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region of Burkina Faso
Key facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Regions
- 1,083 sq mi (2,805 km )
- Density
- 2,798/sq mi (1,080/km )
- Urban
- 2,453,496
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (GMT 0)
- Hdi 2017
- 0.612 , medium · 1st
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- Area
- 2805.0
- Image
- Ouaga aerial view.jpg
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- Kadiogo (région)
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Centre [sɑ̃tʁ] is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre Province was 1,727,390 at the 2006 census and increased by 75.6% in 13 years to 3,030,384 at the 2019 census (provisional figure), of which 50.8% was female. It is the most populous and urbanised region in Burkina Faso; in 2019, 14.8% of Burkina Faso's population lived in Centre. The region's capital is Ouagadougou, which also serves as the national capital. Centre region consists of only one province, Kadiogo.
The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 17.00%. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 63%, compared to a national average of 28.3%.