Departments of Burkina Faso


The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 351 departments, whose urbanized areas are grouped into the same commune with the same name as the department. The 351 communes created in those departments have three kinds of status :
Departments generally have the same name as their capital city or town, with a few exceptions. For the local elections in 2012, communes were created in each department that still did not have one. The departments are listed below, by province:

List of departments by region and by province

Here is a list of the departments, grouped by province and grouped by region:

Central Burkina Faso

Centre Region">Centre Region (Burkina Faso)">Centre Region

Kadiogo">Kadiogo Province">Kadiogo
Bam">Bam Province">Bam
Bazèga">Bazèga Province">Bazèga
Ganzourgou">Ganzourgou Province">Ganzourgou

[Centre-Est Region]

Boulgou">Boulgou Province">Boulgou
Gnagna">Gnagna Province">Gnagna

Nord Region">Nord Region (Burkina Faso)">Nord Region

Loroum">Loroum Province">Loroum
Oudalan">Oudalan Province">Oudalan

[Hauts-Bassins Region]

Houet">Houet Province">Houet
Bougouriba">Bougouriba Province">Bougouriba

[Boucle du Mouhoun Region]

Balé">Balé Province">Balé
Comoé">Comoé Province">Comoé
Boulkiemdé">Boulkiemdé Province">Boulkiemdé