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Centre Region

Centre is one of 's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre Province was 1,727,390 at the 2006 census and increased by 75.6% in 13 years to 3,030,384 at the 2019 census, of which 50.8% was female.
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  • Type: region of Burkina Faso with 3,030,000 residents
  • Description: region of Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: “Centre”, “Centre Region, Burkina Faso”, and “Kadiogo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ouagadougou Airport and Stade Municipal.

Aerodrome
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, officially Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, is an in the center of the capital city of in .

Stadium
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Stade Dr. Issoufou Joseph Conombo is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Santos Football Club. The stadium holds 25,000 people.

Church
, or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou in , the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouagadougou.

Photo: Sputniktilt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and the nation's cultural and economic centre. Its name is informally shortened to Ouaga.

Centre Region

Latitude
12.3787° or 12° 22′ 44″ north
Longitude
-1.5328° or 1° 31′ 58″ west
Population
3,030,000
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
Open location code
7C4W9FH8+FV
Geo­Names ID
6930704
Wiki­data ID
Q515655
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Centre Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأوسط”
  • Basque: “Erdialdea”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная вобласць (Буркіна-Фасо)”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральны рэгіён”
  • Breton: “Centre”
  • Bulgarian: “Централен регион”
  • Catalan: “Regió Centre”
  • Cebuano: “Centre”
  • Chinese: “Centre”
  • Chinese: “中央大區”
  • Croatian: “Centralna regija, Burkina Faso”
  • Croatian: “Centralna regija”
  • Danish: “Centre”
  • Dutch: “Centre”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Centre”
  • Finnish: “Centre”
  • French: “Centre”
  • French: “Kadiogo”
  • French: “Région du centre”
  • Galician: “Rexión Centro, Burkina Faso”
  • Galician: “Rexión Centro”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური რეგიონი”
  • German: “Centre”
  • Greek: “Σαντρ”
  • Indonesian: “Region Centre”
  • Italian: “Kadiogo”
  • Italian: “regione del Centro”
  • Japanese: “中部地方 (ブルキナファソ)”
  • Japanese: “中部地方”
  • Korean: “중부주”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinis regionas (Burkina Fasas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinis regionas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Centre”
  • Mossi: “Kadiogo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Centre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Centre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Centre i Burkina Faso”
  • Norwegian: “Centre”
  • Persian: “ناحیه مرکز (بورکینافاسو)”
  • Persian: “ناحیه مرکز”
  • Polish: “Region Centralny”
  • Polish: “Region Centre”
  • Portuguese: “Região Centro”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Centre, Burkina Faso”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Centre”
  • Russian: “Центральная область”
  • Slovenian: “Centre”
  • Spanish: “Region Centro”
  • Spanish: “Región Centro”
  • Swahili: “Kadiogo”
  • Swedish: “Centre, Burkina Faso”
  • Swedish: “Centre”
  • Turkish: “Centre Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна область”
  • Urdu: “وسطی علاقہ”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cité An III and Nemnin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Palais du Ouidi Naba and Place de la Révolution.

Burkina Faso: Must-Visit Destinations

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