Dagamtenga Explained

Dagamtenga
Pushpin Map:Burkina Faso
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa
Coordinates:11.9221°N -0.429°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name1:Kouritenga
Subdivision Name2:Dialgaye
Elevation M:296
Population Total:2,393
Population As Of:2006
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0

Dagamtenga, also spelt Dagemtenga,[1] is a commune in the Dialgaye Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 2,393 in 2006.[2] [3]

In the 2006 census, one of Dagamtenga's neighbourhoods, Guetenga, also spelt Guitanga,[4] was listed as a separate settlement with a population of 300, with Dagamtenga's population as 2,093. This would give the combined Dagamtenga-Guitanga settlement a total population of 2,393 in 2006. This population division differs from the divisions in the neighbourhood data, however the total population of all of the neighbourhoods also comes to 2,393.

Demographics

YearPopulation
19852,653[5]
19962,443[6]
20062,393

Neighbourhoods

NeighbourhoodPopulation (2006)
Ganzourgou216
Goulgoutin254
Guetenga94
Kolgkomin66
Lademlakrin57
Natenga609
Ndeyinghin66
Samandin160
Wavoussé626
Widnabin188
Zalssin57

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION. 1985. MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE.
  2. Web site: Résultats de l'Inventaire National des Ouvrages d'Approvisionnement .... 11 March 2017.
  3. Web site: MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012. 11 September 2012. Ouagadougou. 10 March 2017.
  4. Web site: MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012. 11 September 2012. Ouagadougou. 10 March 2017.
  5. Web site: RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION. 1985. MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE.
  6. Web site: Wikiwix's cache. archive.wikiwix.com. 2017-03-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100930/http://www.matd.gov.bf/INFOROUTES/list_vill/D_CENTREEST.htm. 2013-12-24.