Andemtenga Department

Andemtenga
Department
Andemtenga Department location in the province
Andemtenga Department location in the province
Country Burkina Faso
ProvinceKouritenga Province
Area
 • Total270.3 sq mi (700.0 km2)
Population
 (2019 census)
 • Total69,428
 • Density260/sq mi (99/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT 0)

Andemtenga is a department of Kouritenga Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Andemtenga. It had a total population of 49,207 in 2006. Its name is sometimes shortened to Andem in colloquial usage.[1]

In the 2012 parliamentary and municipal election, Innoncent Kontoumgomdé (also spelt Inoussa Oumdamde) of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) was elected Mayor of Andemtenga Department for a five-year term,[2] beating rival candidate Antoudiouendé Jeans Yves Kaboré of the Union for the Republic (UPR) by claiming 47 of the 55 votes spread amongst the 27 villages of the department.[3] This followed the death of mayor Nonguema Johanie Kaboré in June 2012. The ballot was held on 10 January 2013 in the courtyard of the town hall of Andemtenga,[4] and Kontoumgomdé was invested on 6 February 2013.[3]

From 2015, Ibrahim Koussé was the Prefect of Andemtenga Department.[5][6][7]

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  6. ^ "PHENOMENE DE PENDAISONS A ANDEMTENGA : Malédiction ou signe d'un malaise social ? | Editions Le Pays". lepays.bf (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  7. ^ "COMPTE RENDU DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES MCOM-CRCNT N° 001 DU 07 JANVIER 2015 | Ambassade du Burkina à Paris". www.ambaburkina-fr.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.