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Mouhoun Province

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Country
  
Burkina Faso

Capital
  
Dédougou

Area
  
6,668 km²

Region
  
Boucle du Mouhoun

Time zone
  
GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Sunday 7:02 PM

Mouhoun Province

Weather
  
37°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 25% Humidity

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.

Contents

Map of Mouhoun, Burkina Faso

Education

In 2011 the province had 210 primary schools and 34 secondary schools.

Healthcare

In 2011 the province had 27 health and social promotion centers (Centres de santé et de promotion sociale), 7 doctors and 151 nurses.

Demographics

Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas. There are 148,732 men living in Mouhoun Province and 149,356 women.

Departments

Mouhoun is divided into 7 departments:

References

Mouhoun Province Wikipedia