Souloungou

Souloungou
Interactive map of Souloungou
Country Burkina Faso
RegionEst Region
ProvinceGnagna Province
DepartmentLiptougou Department
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
8,818

Souloungou is a town in the Liptougou Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 4,261.[1]

The terrain around Soulougou is flat. The highest point in the area is 408 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level and is 15.5 km (9.5 mi) south of Soulougou. With a population density of about 27 people per square kilometre (0.81 sq mi), Soulougou is relatively sparsely populated. There are no other towns in the area.[2]

Geography

Souloungou – which is a locality with scattered residential centers and which administratively constitutes the most populated territory in the department – is located 20 km south-east of Liptougou and 13 km north-west of Bonsiéga.

Population
YearPop.±%
1985[3] 6,308—    
2006[4] 5,039−20.1%
2019[5] 8,818+75.0%

Health and education

The closest health center to Souloungou is the Bonsiéga health and social promotion center (CSPS).[6]

References

  1. ^ Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. ^ "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. 82–91.
  4. ^ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
  5. ^ Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 194–205.
  6. ^ "Health map 2010" (PDF). cns.bf. Retrieved 2025-02-15.

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