Regions, Provinces, and Departments
Burkina Faso is divided into thirteen regions, forty-five provinces, and 301 departments. The regions are:
- Boucle du Mouhoun
- Cascades
- Centre
- Centre-Est
- Centre-Nord
- Centre-Ouest
- Centre-Sud
- Est
- Hauts-Bassins
- Nord
- Plateau-Central
- Sahel
- Sud-Ouest
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