Administrative Organization: Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative regions, 45 provinces and 351 municipalities (49 urban communes and 302 rural communes).
The major cities are:
- Ouagadougou, the capital: 1 475 839 inhabitants
- Bobo-Dioulasso: 554 042 inhabitants
- Koudougou: 138 209 inhabitants
- Banfora: 109 824 inhabitants
- Ouahigouya: 125 030 inhabitants |