Official Name: | Linonghin |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Burkina Faso |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ganzourgou |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Kogho Department |
Population As Of: | 2005 est. |
Population Total: | 465 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Linonghin is a village in the Kogho Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 465.[1]
On August 11, 1974, Linonghin was the site of Burkina Faso's deadliest airliner crash. An Ilyushin Il-18V of Air Mali that had diverted to Ouagadougou on a flight to Niamey began circling the wrong town and made a forced landing after running out of fuel. 47 of the 60 on board were killed.[2]