Youga
Youga | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Youga Location in Burkina Faso | |
| Coordinates: 11°03′N 0°27′W / 11.050°N 0.450°W | |
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre-Est Region |
| Province | Boulgou Province |
| Department | Zabré Department |
| Government | |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 2,776 |
| Time zone | UTC |
Youga is a village in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso, about 2 km north from the Burkina Faso–Ghana border.[1] As of 2019 there was a gold mine in Youga operated by a Turkish subcontractor[2]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1985[3] | 917 | — |
| 2006[4] | 1,153 | +25.7% |
| 2019[5] | 2,776 | +140.8% |
References
- ^ "Burkinabé government inforoute communale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Killing at Turkish-run gold mine in Burkina Faso reveals tensions between local workers and expats". Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
- ^ 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.