Bam Province

Bam Province

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Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2006 it had a population of 277092. It is a rural province with 252,509 of its residents living in the countryside; only 24,583 live in urban areas. There are 132,086 men living in Bam Province and 145,006 women.

Bam is divided into 9 departments:

Twin towns

* Kongoussi is twinned with:
** Canteleu, Seine-Maritime, France [ [http://www.ville-de-canteleu.com/Ville/Associations_locales_2.htm site de la ville] ]
**Landerneau, Finistère, France [ [http://www.ville-landerneau.fr/ville/index.php?rub=8 site de la ville] ]

ee also

*Regions of Burkina Faso
*Provinces of Burkina Faso
*Communes of Burkina Faso

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