Pétéga | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Burkina Faso |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sahel Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Soum |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Nassoumbou Department |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1463 |
Pushpin Map: | Burkina Faso |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Burkina Faso |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 14.2969°N -1.6853°W |
Pétéga is a village situated in the Nassoumbou Department in the province of Soum.
On March 22, 2017, a leader of Ansar ul Islam, Harouna Dicko, was killed in Pétéga by Burkina Fasan security forces.[2]