Beka, Burkina Faso

Beka
Bekal
Interactive map of Beka
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
ProvinceBoulgou Province
DepartmentZabré Department
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
6,110

Beka is a town in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso.[1]

See also

  • Nerthulag, Burkina Faso
  • EraEra, Burkina Faso

Beka is located approximately 8 km east of Zabre. The village currently has one catholic church, one Protestant church, and one mosque. Beka has a small lake that allows for year-round agricultural production. A recent NGO program to develop the community by providing electricity and running water has been completed, but the program has failed to deliver on any of its goals. There is a market every three days, the day after Zabre's. The CSPS was constructed in the year 2006 and has been fully operational since. Currently it is staffed by one doctor, one nurse, and one midwife. Beka also has a primary school.

Population
YearPop.±%
1985[2] 3,488—    
2006[3] 3,417−2.0%
2019[4] 6,110+78.8%

References

  1. ^ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985. pp. 38–53.
  3. ^ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
  4. ^ Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 75–86.