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Boulkiemdé Province

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Country
  
Burkina Faso

Capital
  
Koudougou

Area
  
4,269 km²

Population
  
567,680 (2011)

Region
  
Centre-Ouest Region

Time zone
  
GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Friday 2:31 AM

Boulkiemdé Province

Weather
  
26°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 17% Humidity

Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006 and 567,680 in 2011.

Contents

Map of Boulkiemde, Burkina Faso

Education

In 2011 the province had 437 primary schools and 65 secondary schools.

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 75 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 20 doctors and 262 nurses.

Departments

Boulkiemde is divided into 13 departments as follows:

In pop-culture

Boulkiemdé (specifically the department of Bingo) was a location in the American television series The Amazing Race 12 (2007).

References

Boulkiemdé Province Wikipedia