Barsalogho Department Explained

Barsalogho
Settlement Type:	Department
Mapsize:	350px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Burkina Faso
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Sanmatenga Province
Seat:	Barsalogho
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	1804
Population As Of:	2019 census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	98,553
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	GMT 0
Utc Offset:	+0

Barsalogho is a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Barsalogho.^[2]

Towns and villages

The Department has 43 main villages, and twelve attached sub-villages. Population figures are from 2006.^[3]

• Bangmiougou (1903)
• Bangrin (831)
• Basma (1890)
• Barsalogho (10108, seat)
• Biguélé (1048)
• Bollé (2615)
• Boulsbaongo (1140)
• Darkoa (1009)
• Foubé (4882)
• Gabou (2493)
• Goenega (2111)
• Guiendbila (410)
  • Bafina (787)
  • Bundissin (743)
  • Kékobo (1000)
  • Loughary (600)
  • Poéssin (626)
  • Rokoutin (626)
  • Sagho (1600)
  • Woskossogho (743)
• Kamsé (385)
• Kamsé-Peulh (602)
• Kassaye (1882)
• Kogoyendé (1459)
• Kondibito (1476)
• Kondibito-Peulh (380)
• Korko-Mossi (4452)
• Korko-Peulh (754)
• Madou (1188)
• Nagraogo (2724)
• Nagraogo-Foulcé (1869)
• Nakombogo (786)
• Nongo (441)
  • Yimboulsa (903)
• Nongo-Peulh (431)
• Sanba (72)
• Sanba-Peulh (732)
• Sidiga (906)
  • Zénzèba (1117)
• Sidogo (2565)
• Somyalka (1809)
• Soudougou (1029)
• Tamassogo (652)
• Tanghin (464)
• Tankienga (1856)
• Tatoukou (516)
  • Biou (968)
  • Koulholé (715)
• Toécé (1203)
• Toyendé (904)
• Toekédogo (721)
• Yantéga (1764)
• Yirgou (991)
• Zimsa (1333)
• Zongo (1705)

August 2024 attacks

See main article: article and 2024 Barsalogho attack. On 24 August 2024, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an Islamic terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda, attacked and massacred more than 600 people in Barsalogho and injured more than 300, mainly civilians while the Burkina Faso Armed Forces fled. This attack is part of an ongoing series of terrorist insurgencies within Burkina Faso and the Sahel Region as a whole.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/burkinafaso/communes/admin/sanmatenga/BF490301__barsalogho/ Citypopulation.de
2. Web site: Burkinabé government inforoute communale . 22 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161231152323/http://www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf/list_vill/sahel.htm . 31 December 2016 . dead.
3. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/liste-des-villages-du-burkina-faso-recensement-2006 Liste des villages du Burkina Faso - Recensement 2006
4. Web site: Mezzofiore . Saskya Vandoorne, Nick Paton Walsh, Gianluca . 2024-10-04 . Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment . 2024-10-04 . CNN . en.