Centre-Ouest Region

Nando, formerly known as Centre-Ouest, is one of 's 17 administrative regions. The population of Nando was 1,659,339 in 2019. The region's capital is .
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  • Type: region of Burkina Faso with 1,660,000 residents
  • Description: region of Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: “Centre-Ouest”, “Nando”, and “Nando Region”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gare de Koudougou.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koudougou and Péyiri.

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is a city in 's Boulkiemdé Province. It is located 75 kilometres west of , the capital of . With a population of 160,239 it is the third most populous city in Burkina Faso after and Bobo Dioulasso, and is mainly inhabited by the Gurunsi and Mossi ethnic groups.

Village
is a town in the Koudougou Department of in central . is situated 10 km southwest of Centre-Ouest Region.

Centre-Ouest Region

Latitude
12.2549° or 12° 15′ 18″ north
Longitude
-2.3688° or 2° 22′ 8″ west
Population
1,660,000
Elevation
299 metres (981 feet)
Open location code
7C4V7J3J+XF
Geo­Names ID
6930707
Wiki­data ID
Q850075
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Centre-Ouest Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ማዕከል-ምዕራብ”
  • Arabic: “وسط كويست”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəz-Qərb”
  • Basque: “Centre-Ouest Eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Erdialde-Mendebaldea”
  • Basque: “Erdialde-Mendebaldeko Eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Заходне-цэнтральны рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্র-পশ্চিম”
  • Breton: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Bulgarian: “Централно-западен регион”
  • Catalan: “Regió Centre-Oest”
  • Cebuano: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Chinese: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Chinese: “中西大区”
  • Chinese: “中西大區”
  • Croatian: “Centralno-zapadna regija”
  • Danish: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Dutch: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Esperanto: “Centra-Okcidenta Regiono”
  • Finnish: “Centre-Ouest”
  • French: “Centre-Ouest”
  • French: “Centre-Sud”
  • French: “Nando”
  • French: “région Centre-Ouest”
  • Galician: “Rexión Centro-Oeste”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთ-ცენტრალური რეგიონი”
  • German: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή του Σαντρ-Ουέστ”
  • Greek: “Σαντρ-Ουέστ”
  • Hausa: “Tsakiya-Yamma”
  • Indonesian: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Indonesian: “Region Centre-Ouest”
  • Italian: “Centre-Ouest Region”
  • Italian: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Italian: “Nando”
  • Italian: “regione del Centro-Ovest”
  • Japanese: “中西部地方 (ブルキナファソ)”
  • Japanese: “中西部地方”
  • Javanese: “Pusat-Barat”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық-Батыс”
  • Kirghiz: “Чөйнөк-Батыш”
  • Korean: “중서부주”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Vakarų regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Централно-западен регион (Буркина Фасо)”
  • Macedonian: “Централно-западен регион”
  • Malay: “Pusat-Barat”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Mossi: “Nando”
  • Northern Frisian: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Norwegian: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Oromo: “Giddugaleessa-Lixa”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰ-ਪੱਛਮ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه مرکز اوست”
  • Polish: “Region Centralno-Zachodni”
  • Polish: “Region Centre-Ouest”
  • Portuguese: “Região Centro-Oeste”
  • Pushto: “مرکز-لويديځ”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Centre-Ouest, Burkina Faso”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Centre-Ouest”
  • Russian: “Западно-Центральная область”
  • Slovenian: “Centralno-zahodna regija”
  • Slovenian: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Somali: “Dhexe-Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Region Centro Oeste de Burkina Faso”
  • Spanish: “Región Centro Oeste de Burkina Faso”
  • Spanish: “Region Centro Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Región Centro Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Region Centro-Oeste de Burkina Faso”
  • Spanish: “Región Centro-Oeste de Burkina Faso”
  • Spanish: “Region Centro-Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Región Centro-Oeste”
  • Swahili: “Katikati-Magharibi”
  • Swahili: “Nando”
  • Swedish: “Centre-Ouest”
  • Tajik: “Марказ-Ғарб”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк-Көнбатыш төбәге”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк-Көнбатыш”
  • Turkish: “Centre-Ouest Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Західно-Центральна область”
  • Urdu: “وسطی-مغربی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Markaз-G’arb”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Koutougou and Bourkina.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sangyè.

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