Burkina Faso Provinces

Provinces of Burkina Faso

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Since the regions have become the primary subdivisions, I've demoted the provinces to secondary subdivisions, and have changed their HASC codes by inserting the appropriate region code between the country component (BF) and the province component. I did the same with the department HASC codes in the second table. The departments are now tertiary subdivisions.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 9, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2004-10-01. It assigns FIPS codes to the fifteen new provinces. It also changes the FIPS codes of the old provinces from which the new ones were formed. Details are shown on the Regions of Burkina Faso page, under Change history.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Burkina Faso, the draft standard showed 45 provinces. The final standard showed the same 45 provinces and the same codes, with one exception. Komo�, with KOM as its code, was altered to Como�, with the code COM.

Province	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Prov	Pop-2006	Pop-1996	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital	Formerly
Bal�	`BF.BO.BA`	`BAL`	`UV45`	`31`	213,897	168,170	4,595	1,774	Boromo	Mouhoun, Sissili
Bam	`BF.CN.BM`	`BAM`	`UV15`	`01`	277,092	211,551	4,084	1,577	Kongoussi	Bam
Banwa	`BF.BO.BW`	`BAN`	`UV46`	`32`	267,934	215,297	5,882	2,271	Solenzo	Kossi
Baz�ga	`BF.CS.BZ`	`BAZ`	`UV47`	`02`	238,202	213,824	3,963	1,530	Kombissiri	Baz�ga
Bougouriba	`BF.SO.BB`	`BGR`	`UV48`	`03`	102,507	76,498	2,812	1,086	Di�bougou	Bougouriba
Boulgou	`BF.CE.BL`	`BLG`	`UV49`	`04`	542,286	415,583	6,692	2,584	Tenkodogo	Boulgou
Boulkiemd�	`BF.CO.BK`	`BLK`	`UV19`	`05`	498,008	421,302	4,269	1,648	Koudougou	Boulkiemd�
Como�	`BF.CD.KM`	`COM`	`UV55`	`06`	400,534	241,376	15,277	5,898	Banfora	Komo�
Ganzourgou	`BF.PC.GZ`	`GAN`	`UV20`	`07`	319,830	256,921	4,178	1,613	Zorgho	Ganzourgou
Gnagna	`BF.ES.GG`	`GNA`	`UV21`	`08`	407,739	307,372	8,468	3,269	Bogand�	Gnagna
Gourma	`BF.ES.GM`	`GOU`	`UV50`	`09`	304,169	220,116	11,117	4,292	Fada-N'Gourma	Gourma
Houet	`BF.HB.HO`	`HOU`	`UV51`	`10`	902,662	672,114	11,568	4,467	Bobo-Dioulasso	Houet
Ioba	`BF.SO.IO`	`IOB`	`UV52`	`33`	197,186	161,484	3,289	1,270	Dano	Bougouriba, Sissili
Kadiogo	`BF.CT.KA`	`KAD`	`UV53`	`11`	1,523,980	941,894	2,805	1,083	Ouagadougou	Baz�ga, Kadiogo, Oubritenga
K�n�dougou	`BF.HB.KN`	`KEN`	`UV54`	`12`	283,463	198,541	8,137	3,142	Orodara	K�n�dougou
Komandjoari	`BF.ES.KJ`	`KMD`	`UV56`	`34`	80,047	50,484	5,048	1,949	Gay�ri	Gourma
Kompienga	`BF.ES.KP`	`KMP`	`UV57`	`35`	75,662	40,766	7,029	2,714	Pama	Gourma
Kossi	`BF.BO.KS`	`KOS`	`UV58`	`13`	272,233	240,993	7,324	2,828	Nouna	Kossi
Koulp�logo	`BF.CE.KL`	`KOP`	`UV59`	`36`	259,395	187,399	2,497	964	Ouargaye	Boulgou, Gourma
Kouritenga	`BF.CE.KR`	`KOT`	`UV28`	`14`	330,342	250,117	2,622	1,012	Koup�la	Kouritenga, Namentenga
Kourw�ogo	`BF.PC.KW`	`KOW`	`UV60`	`37`	136,017	115,996	1,588	613	Bouss�	Boulkiemd�, Kadiogo, Oubritenga
L�raba	`BF.CD.LE`	`LER`	`UV61`	`38`	124,422	92,927	3,129	1,208	Sindou	K�n�dougou, Komo�
Loroum	`BF.NO.LO`	`LOR`	`UV62`	`39`	142,990	111,339	3,592	1,387	Titao	Yatenga
Mouhoun	`BF.BO.MO`	`MOU`	`UV63`	`15`	298,088	235,391	6,668	2,575	D�dougou	Mouhoun
Nahouri	`BF.CS.NR`	`NAO`	`UV65`	`16`	155,463	119,739	3,754	1,449	P�	Naouri
Namentenga	`BF.CN.NM`	`NAM`	`UV64`	`17`	327,749	251,909	6,464	2,496	Boulsa	Namentenga
Nayala	`BF.BO.NY`	`NAY`	`UV66`	`40`	162,869	136,393	3,919	1,513	Toma	Sourou
Noumbiel	`BF.SO.NB`	`NOU`	`UV67`	`41`	69,992	51,431	2,736	1,056	Bati�	Poni
Oubritenga	`BF.PC.OB`	`OUB`	`UV68`	`18`	237,290	197,237	2,778	1,073	Ziniar�	Oubritenga
Oudalan	`BF.SA.OD`	`OUD`	`UV33`	`19`	197,240	137,160	9,797	3,783	Gorom-Gorom	Oudalan
Passor�	`BF.NO.PA`	`PAS`	`UV34`	`20`	322,873	272,137	3,867	1,493	Yako	Passor�
Poni	`BF.SO.PO`	`PON`	`UV69`	`21`	254,371	195,978	7,365	2,844	Gaoua	Poni
Sangui�	`BF.CO.SG`	`SNG`	`UV36`	`22`	297,230	249,583	5,178	1,999	R�o	Sangui�
Sanmatenga	`BF.CN.ST`	`SMT`	`UV70`	`23`	598,232	464,032	9,281	3,583	Kaya	Sanmatenga
S�no	`BF.SA.SE`	`SEN`	`UV71`	`24`	264,815	201,760	6,863	2,650	Dori	S�no
Sissili	`BF.CO.SS`	`SIS`	`UV72`	`25`	212,628	153,464	7,136	2,755	L�o	Sissili
Soum	`BF.SA.SM`	`SOM`	`UV40`	`26`	348,341	253,393	12,222	4,719	Djibo	Soum
Sourou	`BF.BO.SR`	`SOR`	`UV73`	`27`	219,826	188,512	5,765	2,226	Tougan	Sourou
Tapoa	`BF.ES.TA`	`TAP`	`UV42`	`28`	341,782	234,968	14,594	5,635	Diapaga	Tapoa
Tuy	`BF.HB.TU`	`TUI`	`UV74`	`42`	224,159	160,772	5,639	2,177	Hound�	Bougouriba, Houet
Yagha	`BF.SA.YG`	`YAG`	`UV75`	`43`	159,485	116,419	6,468	2,497	Sebba	S�no
Yatenga	`BF.NO.YT`	`YAT`	`UV76`	`29`	547,952	448,941	6,990	2,699	Ouahigouya	Yatenga
Ziro	`BF.CO.ZR`	`ZIR`	`UV77`	`44`	175,607	119,219	5,139	1,984	Sapouy	Sissili
Zondoma	`BF.NO.ZM`	`ZON`	`UV78`	`45`	168,955	127,654	1,758	679	Gourcy	Yatenga
Zoundw�ogo	`BF.CS.ZW`	`ZOU`	`UV44`	`30`	244,714	197,133	3,604	1,391	Manga	Boulgou, Zoundw�ogo
45 provinces					13,730,258	10,325,289	267,950	103,456
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. First five characters give the HASC code for the region containing the province. ISO: Province codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "BF-" to the code (ex: BF-ZIR represents Ziro). Prov: Province code (used on license plates). Pop-2006: 2006-12-23 census, preliminary results. Pop-1996: 1996-12-10 census. Area: Accurate to about three significant figures. Formerly: Province(s) from the 1984 subdivision whose territory corresponds to the new province.

Further subdivisions:

See the Departments of Burkina Faso page.

Other names of subdivisions:

Bal�: Les Bal� (variant)
Banwa: Les Banwa (variant)
Baz�ga: Baz�ga (variant)
Houet: Hou� (variant)
Como�: Komo� (obsolete)
Komandjoari: Komondjari (variant)
Kouritenga: Kourittenga (variant)
Nahouri: Naouri (obsolete)
Tuy: Tui (variant)

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