Sourgou

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

Overview

Sourgou is the capital of the Sourgou Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Désiré Yaméogo

Actor and puppeteer from Burkina Faso

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Centre-Ouest

• Bagane
  4.6 mi away
• Naton
  10.7 mi away
• Station de recherche INERA
  13.6 mi away
• Dyalpia
  15.8 mi away
• Bonsomnoré
  16.4 mi away
• Bolo
  16.7 mi away
• Doudou
  17.4 mi away
• Karbolé
  18.7 mi away · pop. 480
• Byiri
  19.5 mi away
• Mokoin
  20.2 mi away
• Bélinayou
  20.9 mi away
• Nessaguérou
  21.1 mi away

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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

Shea Tree

Vitellaria paradoxa

Seen 2026-02-17

African Copaiba Balsam Tree

Daniellia oliveri

Seen 2025-01-31

West African Crocodile

Crocodylus suchus

Seen 2018-12-30

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