Cascades Region

Cascades is one of 's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 812,062 in 2019. It is the second least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.96% of all Burkinabé.
  • Type: region of Burkina Faso with 812,000 residents
  • Description: region of Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: Cascades Région” and “Tannounyan

Cascades Region

Latitude
10.38° or 10° 22′ 48″ north
Longitude
-4.5° or 4° 30′ west
Population
812,000
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
Open location code
7C2Q9GH2+X2
Geo­Names ID
6930703
Wiki­data ID
Q850043
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Cascades Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الشالالات
  • Arabic: كاسكاديس
  • Basque: Cascades
  • Belarusian: Каскадэс
  • Breton: Cascades
  • Bulgarian: Каскадес
  • Bulgarian: Регион Каскадес
  • Catalan: Regió Cascades
  • Cebuano: Cascades Region
  • Chinese: Cascades
  • Chinese: 瀑布大区
  • Chinese: 瀑布大區
  • Croatian: Cascades
  • Danish: Cascades
  • Dutch: Cascades
  • Esperanto: Kaskadoj
  • Finnish: Cascades
  • French: Cascades
  • French: Région Cascades
  • French: Tannounyan
  • Galician: Cascades, Burkina Faso
  • Galician: Cascades
  • Georgian: კასკადების რეგიონი
  • German: Cascades
  • Greek: Κασκάντ
  • Greek: Περιοχή των Κασκάντ
  • Indonesian: Cascades
  • Indonesian: Region Cascades
  • Italian: regione delle Cascate
  • Italian: Tannouyan
  • Japanese: カスカード地方
  • Korean: 카스카드주
  • Lithuanian: Kaskadų regionas
  • Macedonian: Каскади
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cascades
  • Mossi: Tannounyan
  • Northern Frisian: Cascades
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cascades
  • Norwegian: Cascades
  • Persian: ناحیه آبشار
  • Polish: Region Cascades
  • Portuguese: Cascatas
  • Portuguese: Região Cascades
  • Romanian: Regiunea Cascades, Burkina Faso
  • Romanian: Regiunea Cascades
  • Russian: Каскады
  • Slovenian: Cascades
  • Spanish: Region Cascades
  • Spanish: Región Cascades
  • Swahili: Tannounyan
  • Swedish: Cascades
  • Tatar: Каскадлар
  • Turkish: Cascades Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Каскадес
  • Ukrainian: Каскади
  • Urdu: آبشار علاقہ

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