Koudougou

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pushpin_map_caption =Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa
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subdivision_name1 = Centre-Ouest Region
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subdivision_name2 = Boulkiemdé Province
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"'Koudougo is a town in the province of Boulkiemdé, convert|75|km west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. It is mainly inhabited by Mossi, and has 131.825 inhabitants, as of 2006. [ [http://www.insd.bf/Documents/Publications/INSD/Publications/Resultats_enquetes/Autres%20enq/Rapport_preliminaire_RGPH06.pdf Vorläufige Ergebnisse des Zensus 2006] ] Koudougou is situated at the only railway line of the country and harbours some industries, like a factory for a soap factory, shea butter, a cotton factory and various textile factories.

As of February 2007, an industrious town plaza based around a soccer field includes: a community center and cafeteria, a kindergarten and primary school, radio-television production and broadcasting installations for Tele-Yaka, a clothing recycling and manufacturing workshop, an experimental mango and green-leaf vegetable plantation, a metal forge for construction and maintenance of farming tools and implements, a metal waste-management and metal engineering workshop geared towards machine parts and motor components, an electronics repair shop and an open-air exhibition space for local sculptors.

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# [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UV/19/Koudougou.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 282m]