Faramana
Faramana is a town in Houet Province in western Burkina Faso, near the border of Mali. It is the capital of Faramana Department, which further consists of 7 villages: Faramana is a bordertown near the border with Mali on the Route nationale N9, the Burkina Faso part of the trunk road from Bobo-Dioulasso to Koutiala.
- Type: Village with 7,410 residents
- Description: place in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Faramama”
Faramana
- Categories: village of Burkina Faso and locality
- Location: Kénédougou Province, Hauts-Bassins Region, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.04796° or 12° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
-4.66711° or 4° 40′ 2″ west
Population
7,410
Elevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)
Open location code
7C4Q28XM+55
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Faramana” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Faramana”
- French: “Faramana”
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