Pouytenga
Sign in to savePouytenga is the capital and largest city in the Pouytenga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso. It has a population of 96,469 (2019 census).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Centre-Est Region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Located in
- Pouytenga
- Population
- 12445
- Elevation
- 313
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Neighbourhoods of the city
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Cereal crops
- Cash crops
- Market gardening
- Breeding
- Trade
- Market
- References
Pouytenga is the capital and largest city in the Pouytenga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso. It has a population of 96,469 (2019 census).
== History == Pouytenga was founded by the Mossi chief Naaba Pouya, from whom it received its name. The name means "land of sharing" or "land of hospitality" in the Mòoré language.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pouytenga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations