Bourzanga

Demographic figures from INSD Burkina Faso. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bourzanga is the capital of the Bourzanga Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso. The town contains an ancient necropolis that was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 9, 1996, due to its purported universal cultural importance.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Centre-Nord

• Kargo
  12.6 mi away · pop. 1,409
• Bahamaka
  14 mi away
• Kayon
  15.9 mi away · pop. 456
• Sargo
  24.1 mi away
• Yoba
  24.9 mi away
• Nasséré
  27.3 mi away · pop. 999
• Ansouri
  28.9 mi away · pop. 377
• Ouintini
  34.3 mi away
• Raka
  35.3 mi away
• Sian
  45.1 mi away · pop. 925
• Boulga
  53.7 mi away
• Balé
  62.3 mi away

Browse all places in Centre-Nord →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Gum Acacia

Senegalia senegal

Seen 2009-06-23

Water Lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Seen 2006-09-08

mesquite

Neltuma juliflora

Seen 2006-09-08

African locust bean

Parkia biglobosa

Seen 2006-09-08

African baobab

Adansonia digitata

Seen 2006-09-08

Spermacoce filifolia

Spermacoce filifolia

Seen 2006-09-08

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Seen 2006-09-08

Camel's Foot

Piliostigma reticulatum

Seen 2006-09-08

Senegalia laeta

Senegalia laeta

Seen 2006-09-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).