Place:Bam, Centre-Nord, Burkina Faso

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NameBam
Alt namesBam provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Located inCentre-Nord, Burkina Faso
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bourzanga
Kongoussi
Tikaré
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Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; only 53,641 live in urban areas. There are 229,786 men living in Bam Province and 244,169 women.

Bam is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Bam
Departments Capital city Population
(Census 2006)
Bourzanga Department Bourzanga 48,545
Guibaré Department Guibaré 23,830
Kongoussi DepartmentKongoussi 68,807
Nasséré Department Nasséré 10,507
Rollo Department Rollo 26,722
Rouko Department Rouko 13,651
Sabcé Department Sabcé 23,668
Tikaré Department Tikaré 37,702
Zimtenga Department Zimtenga 23,660
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