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 Ouahigouya. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ouahigouya.
Ouahigouya
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Ouahigouya is a large town in North Burkina Faso, near the Mali border. It is the fourth largest city in Burkina, and as the final major city in Burkina on the route to Mali, there is a constant flow of tourists and commercial travelers.
Yatenga Province
- Type: province of Burkina Faso with 825,000 residents
- Description: province of Burkina Faso
- Location: Nord Region, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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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: “Yatenga Séng”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Païdogo and Ouahigouya Airport.
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