Yako

Yako is a town in northern , the capital of . It lies 109 kilometres north-west of . Yako is known for its large and as the birthplace of former President Thomas Sankara.
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  • Type: Town with 22,700 residents
  • Description: town in Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: “Yako, Burkina Faso”

Yako

Latitude
12.96129° or 12° 57′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.26343° or 2° 15′ 48″ west
Population
22,700
Elevation
332 metres (1,089 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BF YKP
Open location code
7C4VXP6P+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 902928776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2353688
Wiki­data ID
Q940973
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Yako” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Yako”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yako”
  • Belarusian: “Яко”
  • Cebuano: “Yako”
  • Chinese: “Yako”
  • Chinese: “亚科”
  • Chinese: “雅科”
  • Czech: “Yako”
  • Dutch: “Yako”
  • Finnish: “Yako”
  • French: “Yako”
  • Galician: “Iako, Burkina Faso”
  • German: “Yako”
  • Hebrew: “יאקו”
  • Italian: “Yako”
  • Japanese: “ヤコ (ブルキナファソ)”
  • Japanese: “ヤコ”
  • Luxembourgish: “Yako”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yako”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yako”
  • Polish: “Yako”
  • Portuguese: “Yako”
  • Romanian: “Yako”
  • Russian: “Яко”
  • Spanish: “Yako”
  • Swahili: “Yako”
  • Swedish: “Yako”
  • Ukrainian: “Яко”
  • Urdu: “یاکو”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yako”

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