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Koudougou

Western Africa

Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemde Province, about 75 kilometers west of the capital Ouagadougou. With a population of 160,239 in 2019, it is the country's third most populous city after Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, and it is mainly inhabited by the Gurunsi and Mossi peoples. The city sits on Burkina Faso's only railway line and has small industries, a market, a university and provincial government offices.

Facts
Population
160,207 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
303 1
Latitude
12.25 degrees north 1
Longitude
2.366667 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 2
Sources
1. Koudougou (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 160,207 (2019)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 12.25, longitude -2.366667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 303 m
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 160207 (2019)
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2. GeoNames: Koudougou - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2358946
    12.25188 -2.36694 P PPLA BF 06 19 160239 281 Africa/Ouagadougou
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 281 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.25, -2.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.25, -2.25
12.25 -2.25 BSh
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Koudougou (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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