Kouka
Kouka is the capital of the Kouka Department in Banwa Province in Burkina Faso. The Bobo-Oule-inhabited town was besieged for 3 months by Ousman-Oule, grandson of Sekou Watara, and incorporated into the Kong Empire in the early 18th century.- Type: Town with 26,100 residents
- Description: town in Kouka Department, Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Kouba”, “Kouka, Banwa”, “Kouko”, and “Kuko”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankouma and Fini.
Bankouma
Village
Bankouma is a town in the Kouka Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. Bankouma is situated 8 km east of Kouka.
Fini
Village
Fini is a town in the Kouka Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso. Fini is situated 10 km southwest of Kouka.
Kouka
- Categories: village of Burkina Faso and locality
- Location: Kossi Province, Boucle du Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.89261° or 11° 53′ 33″ north
Longitude
-4.33806° or 4° 20′ 17″ west
Population
26,100
Open location code
7C3QVMV6+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Kouka” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Kouka”
- Chinese: “庫卡”
- Dutch: “Kouka”
- French: “Kouka”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kouka”
- Persian: “کوکا”
- Polish: “Kouka”
- Romanian: “Kouka”
- Russian: “Кука”
- Swedish: “Kouka”
- Urdu: “کؤکا، بانوا”
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