Centre | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 Aerial view of Ouagadougou | |
 Location in Burkina Faso | |
| Coordinates: 12°20′N 1°30′W / 12.333°N 1.500°W | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Capital | Ouagadougou |
| Area | |
| • Region | 1,083 sq mi (2,805 km2) |
| Population (2019 census)[1] | |
| • Region | 3,030,384 |
| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,453,496 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT 0) |
| HDI (2017) | 0.612[2] medium · 1st |
Centre [sɑ̃tʁ] is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre Province was 1,727,390 at the 2006 census and increased by 75.6% in 13 years to 3,030,384 at the 2019 census (provisional figure), of which 50.8% was female.[3][4] It is the most populous and urbanised region in Burkina Faso; in 2019 14.8% of Burkina Faso's population lived in Centre.[5] The region's capital is Ouagadougou, which also serves as the national capital. Centre region consists of only one province, Kadiogo.
The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 17.00%. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 63%, compared to a national average of 28.3%.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "La région du Centre en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
- ^ "Home". citypopulation.de.
- ^ "National 2006 census preliminary results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-06-03.