Nord Region

Yaadga, formerly known as Nord, is one of 's 17 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Yaadga was 1,720,908 in 2019.
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  • Type: region of Burkina Faso with 1,720,000 residents
  • Description: region of Burkina Faso
  • Also known as: “Nord”, “Nord Eskualdea”, “Nord Region, Burkina Faso”, “Northern region”, “Região Norte, Burkina Faso”, “Region Norte”, “Yaadga”, “Yaadga Region”, “Паўночная вобласць (Буркіна-Фасо)”, “Северная”, “Северный регион”, and “北部地方 (ブルキナファソ)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouahigouya.

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is a large town in , near the border.

Nord Region

Latitude
13.5881° or 13° 35′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.4212° or 2° 25′ 16″ west
Population
1,720,000
Elevation
321 metres (1,053 feet)
Open location code
7C5VHHQH+6G
Geo­Names ID
6930711
Wiki­data ID
Q502320
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Nord Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን”
  • Arabic: “الشمالي”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal”
  • Basque: “Iparraldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর”
  • Breton: “Nord”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен регион (Буркина Фасо)”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен регион”
  • Catalan: “Regió Nord”
  • Cebuano: “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”
  • Hausa: “Arewa”
  • Indonesian: “Region Nord”
  • Italian: “regione del Nord”
  • Italian: “Yaadga”
  • Japanese: “北部地方”
  • Javanese: “Utara”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк”
  • Korean: “북부주”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės regionas”
  • Malay: “Utara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nord”
  • Mossi: “Yaadga”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nord”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord”
  • Norwegian: “Nord”
  • Oromo: “Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه نورد (بورکینافاسو)”
  • Persian: “ناحیه نورد”
  • Polish: “Region Nord”
  • Polish: “Region Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Região Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمال”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Nord, Burkina Faso”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная область”
  • Slovenian: “Nord”
  • Somali: “Woqooyi”
  • Spanish: “Región Norte”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Nord, Burkina Faso”
  • Swedish: “Nord”
  • Tajik: “Шимол”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк төбәге”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк”
  • Turkish: “Nord Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна область”
  • Urdu: “شمالی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimol”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sinofoussé and Sananga.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ouahigouya Airport and Païdogo.

Burkina Faso: Must-Visit Destinations

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