Yatenga Province

Yatenga is one of the provinces of Burkina Faso, located in the Nord Region of the country. In modern Yatenga, the most prominent city is . This city served as the capital of the kingdom of Yatenga, a powerful kingdom out of the many Mossi kingdoms, but its influence decreased in the century following French colonisation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouahigouya.
is a large town in , near the border.

Yatenga Province

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Latitude
13.6084° or 13° 36′ 30″ north
Longitude
-2.3934° or 2° 23′ 36″ west
Open location code
7C5VJJ54+8J
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Yatenga Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة ياتنغا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ياتينجا”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াটেঙ্গা প্রদেশ”
  • Catalan: “Yatenga”
  • Cebuano: “Province du Yatenga”
  • Chinese: “亚滕加省”
  • Chinese: “亞滕加省”
  • Chinese: “雅滕加省”
  • Danish: “Yatenga”
  • Dutch: “Yatenga”
  • Finnish: “Yatenga”
  • French: “Yatanga”
  • French: “Yatenga”
  • Galician: “Yatenga”
  • German: “BF-YAT”
  • German: “Yatenga”
  • Greek: “Γιατενγκά”
  • Gujarati: “યતેંગા પ્રાંત”
  • Hindi: “यतींगा प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Yatenga”
  • Italian: “provincia di Yatenga”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Yatenga”
  • Italian: “Yatenga”
  • Japanese: “ヤテンガ県”
  • Kannada: “ಯಟೆಂಗ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “야텡가현”
  • Latvian: “Jatengas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Jatengos provincija”
  • Malay: “Yatenga Province”
  • Marathi: “यतेंगा प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yatenga Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yatenga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yatenga”
  • Persian: “استان یاتنگا”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Yatenga”
  • Portuguese: “Yatenga”
  • Romanian: “Yatenga”
  • Russian: “Ятенга (провинция)”
  • Russian: “Ятенга”
  • Sinhala: “යටෙන්ගා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “BF-YAT”
  • Slovenian: “Yatanga”
  • Slovenian: “Yatenga”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yatenga”
  • Swedish: “Yatenga”
  • Tamil: “யாதென்க மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “యెటెంగా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “యెటెంగా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดยาเทนก้า”
  • Turkish: “Yatenga Province”
  • Ukrainian: “Ятенга”
  • Urdu: “یاتئنگا صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Yatenga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yatenga”

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Notable Places Nearby

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