Banfora Department Explained

Banfora
Settlement Type:Department
Mapsize:350px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Burkina Faso
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Comoé Province
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:935
Population As Of:2019 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:160,282
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:117452
Timezone:GMT 0
Utc Offset:+0

Banfora is a department or commune of Comoé Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Banfora. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 160,282.[1]

Banfora commune, in the Cascades Region of Burkina Faso comprises 22 villages and 15 urban sectors.[2] Economic activities include agriculture, livestock husbandry, and industries such as mining, which all require reliable access to water. Surveys conducted in 2017 indicated that only 69% of the population in Banfora had access to basic water services, while 28% had access to basic sanitation services. In the case of water services, the majority of households use boreholes with hand-operated pumps.

Towns and villages

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/burkinafaso/admin/BF47/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Bisung . Elijah . Dickin . Sarah . 2019 . Concept mapping: Engaging stakeholders to identify factors that contribute to empowerment in the water and sanitation sector in West Africa . SSM - Population Health . en . 9 . 100490 . 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100490 . 6978480 . 31993485 . free. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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