Est Region
Est is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Fada N'gourma. Five provinces make up the region—Gnagna, Gourma, Komondjari, Kompienga, and Tapoa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Burkina Faso with 1,940,000 residents
- Description: region of Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Est” and “Goulmou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fada N’Gourma Airport.
Fada N’Gourma Airport
Aerodrome
Fada N'Gourma Airport is a public use airport located 1 nm south-southeast of Fada N'Gourma, Gourma, Burkina Faso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fada N’gourma.
Fada N’gourma
Photo: Baliola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fada n'Gourma is a city in East Burkina Faso, capital of the Region Est and Province Gourma, as well as seat of the king of Gulmu.
Est Region
- Location: Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Est Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشرقي”
- Basque: “Ekialdea”
- Basque: “Est Eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Усходні рэгіён (Буркіна-Фасо)”
- Belarusian: “Усходні рэгіён”
- Breton: “Est”
- Bulgarian: “Източен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió Est”
- Cebuano: “Est”
- Chinese: “Est”
- Chinese: “东部大区”
- Chinese: “東部大區”
- Croatian: “Istočna regija”
- Danish: “Est”
- Dutch: “Est”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Regiono”
- Finnish: “Est”
- French: “Est”
- French: “Goulmou”
- French: “Région Est”
- Galician: “Rexión Leste, Burkina Faso”
- Galician: “Rexión Leste”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი რეგიონი”
- German: “Est”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המזרח של בורקינה פאסו”
- Indonesian: “Region Est”
- Italian: “regione dell’Est”
- Italian: “Regione dell’Est”
- Japanese: “東部地方 (ブルキナファソ)”
- Japanese: “東部地方”
- Korean: “동부주”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų regionas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Est”
- Mossi: “Est(Fada N’gourma)”
- Mossi: “Goulmou(Fada N’gourma)”
- Northern Frisian: “Est”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Est”
- Norwegian: “Est”
- Polish: “Region Est”
- Polish: “Region Wschodni”
- Portuguese: “Região Este”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Est, Burkina Faso”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Est”
- Russian: “Восточная область”
- Russian: “Восточная”
- Russian: “Восточный регион”
- Slovenian: “Est”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna regija”
- Spanish: “Region Este”
- Spanish: “Región Este”
- Swedish: “Est, Burkina Faso”
- Swedish: “Est”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш төбәге”
- Turkish: “Est Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Східна область”
- Urdu: “مشرقی علاقہ”
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