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Banfora Department

Banfora is a department or commune of Comoé Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Banfora. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 160,282.

Banfora commune, in the Cascades Region of Burkina Faso comprises 22 villages and 15 urban sectors. Economic activities include agriculture, livestock husbandry, and industries such as mining, which all require reliable access to water. Surveys conducted in 2017 indicated that only 69% of the population in Banfora had access to basic water services, while 28% had access to basic sanitation services. In the case of water services, the majority of households use boreholes with hand-operated pumps.

Towns and villages

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces in Cascades Region
  2. ^ Bisung, Elijah; Dickin, Sarah (2019). "Concept mapping: Engaging stakeholders to identify factors that contribute to empowerment in the water and sanitation sector in West Africa". SSM - Population Health. 9: 100490. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100490. PMC 6978480. PMID 31993485. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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