Bourzanga
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Bourzanga is a town
in the Bourzanga Department
of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso
. It is the capital of the Bourzanga Department and has a population of 7,088. 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.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Bourzanga Department
Bourzanga Department
Bourzanga is a department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at Bourzanga town. According to the 2006 census the commune has a population of 48,545.-Towns and villages:*Abra*Alamanini*Alga*Alga-Fulbé*Bani*Bassé...
of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. It is the capital of the Bourzanga Department and has a population of 7,088. The town contains an ancient necropolis that was added to the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Tentative List on April 9, 1996, due to its purported universal cultural importance.