Nord Region
Nord is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Nord was 1,720,908 in 2019. The region's capital is Ouahigouya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Burkina Faso with 1,720,000 residents
- Description: region of Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Nord”, “Nord Region, Burkina Faso”, “Northern region”, and “Yaadga”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ouahigouya.
Ouahigouya
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Ouahigouya is a large town in North Burkina Faso, near the Mali border. It is the fourth largest city in Burkina, and as the final major city in Burkina on the route to Mali, there is a constant flow of tourists and commercial travelers.
Nord Region
- Location: Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Nord Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشمالي”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الشمالية”
- Basque: “Iparraldea”
- Basque: “Nord Eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная вобласць (Буркіна-Фасо)”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны рэгіён”
- Breton: “Nord”
- Bulgarian: “Северен регион (Буркина Фасо)”
- Bulgarian: “Северен регион”
- Catalan: “Regió Nord”
- Cebuano: “Nord”
- Chinese: “Nord”
- Chinese: “北部大区”
- Chinese: “北部大區”
- Croatian: “Sjeverna regija”
- Danish: “Nord”
- Dutch: “Nord”
- Esperanto: “Norda Regiono”
- Finnish: “Nord”
- French: “région Nord”
- French: “Yaadga”
- Galician: “Rexión Norte, Burkina Faso”
- Galician: “Rexión Norte”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი რეგიონი”
- German: “Nord”
- Greek: “Νορ”
- Indonesian: “Region Nord”
- Italian: “regione del Nord”
- Italian: “Yaadga”
- Japanese: “北部地方 (ブルキナファソ)”
- Japanese: “北部地方”
- Korean: “북부주”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės regionas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nord”
- Mossi: “Yaadga”
- Northern Frisian: “Nord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord”
- Norwegian: “Nord”
- Persian: “ناحیه نورد (بورکینافاسو)”
- Persian: “ناحیه نورد”
- Polish: “Region Nord”
- Polish: “Region Północny”
- Portuguese: “Nord”
- Portuguese: “Região Norte”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Nord, Burkina Faso”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Nord”
- Russian: “Северная область”
- Russian: “Северная”
- Russian: “Северный регион”
- Slovenian: “Nord”
- Spanish: “Region Norte”
- Spanish: “Región Norte”
- Swedish: “Nord, Burkina Faso”
- Swedish: “Nord”
- Swedish: “Região Norte, Burkina Faso”
- Tatar: “Төньяк төбәге”
- Turkish: “Nord Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Північна область”
- Urdu: “شمالی علاقہ”
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Notable Places Nearby
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