Koudougou
Koudougou | |
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Area code | +226 50 |
Koudougou is a city in
Geography
Situated on the Mossi Plateau, the city is 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of
Although the city's administrative borders used to extend further, the city currently encompasses 15 surrounding villages.
Economy
The economy of the city is dominated by agriculture with annual GDP for the city amounting to around 17.5 billion CFA (apx. $36 million).[3] The city has small industries such as a soap, shea butter, cotton and various textile factories. As of February 2007, the city had 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.[citation needed]
Type of Activity | Men | Women | Together |
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Agriculture | 86,3% | 89,7% | 88,1% |
Processing | 1,1 | 3,7 | 2,5 |
Construction | 1,2 | 0,0 | 0,6 |
Trade | 2,7 | 3,1 | 3,0 |
Transportation and Telecommunications | 0,4 | 0,1 | 0,2 |
Merchant Services | 3,8 | 1,4 | 2,5 |
Other services | 4,4 | 2,0 | 3,1 |
Transportation
The city has a railroad station along the
Education
Since 2005 the city is home to the University of Koudougou (there were around 5,600 students enrolled in 2010/2011)[5] and in 2012 a vocational school opened. Primary school enrollment in 2007-2008 was 79.2% and secondary school enrollment was 20.3%.[3]
Sports
The city has a few
See also
- List of cities in Burkina Faso
- Railway stations in Burkina Faso
References
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Burkina Faso
- ^ "Resultats préliminaires du recensement de 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ a b Site officiel [archive] de Koudougou., (French), https://web.archive.org/web/20110224011339/http://www.mairie-koudougou.net/
- ^ European Rail Timetable, Summer 2014 Edition, (journey time is 43 to 48 hours)
- ^ Government of France, MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES ET EUROPEENNES, AMBASSADE DE FRANCE AU BURKINA FASO, FICHE BURKINA FASO, (French)http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/BURKINA_18-5-11__2_.pdf
Further reading
Hilgers, M., Une ethnographie à l'échelle de la ville. Histoire et reconnaissance à Koudougou, Karthala, Paris, 2009.
External links
- Koudougou travel guide from Wikivoyage