Saponé, Burkina Faso
Encyclopedia
Saponé is a town
in the Saponé Department
of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso
. The town has a population of 13,697 and is the capital of Saponé Department and is located approximately 40 kilometres south of Ougadougou.
In Saponé, over twenty years an informal young football club developed into a local farmers' association in the town. The association plays an important role in local activity, and aside from running a large farm, it invests in many developments in the town and runs the local secondary school and Saponé radio
station.
(1.3 nm), Bonogo
(1.4 nm), Tanlilli (1.4 nm), Goden (1.7 nm) and Sakpelse (1.0 nm).
production to attempt to fight off poverty
. The Sina Moussa cotton farm of Saponé is set in seven-hectares and brings in 500,000 CFA a year although there is much uncertainty in production value. The peaking growing season is between October and November when the fields are white, known to the locals as "white gold" when cotton buyers arrive from the capital in their trucks eager to exports the cotton to the market. The town also has a plantation growing fruits.
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 Saponé Department
Saponé Department
Saponé is a department or commune of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Saponé. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 50,541 ..-References:...
of Bazèga Province in central 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...
. The town has a population of 13,697 and is the capital of Saponé Department and is located approximately 40 kilometres south of Ougadougou.
In Saponé, over twenty years an informal young football club developed into a local farmers' association in the town. The association plays an important role in local activity, and aside from running a large farm, it invests in many developments in the town and runs the local secondary school and Saponé radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station.
Geography
The nearest towns and villages include Kologonaba (0.8 nm), Ouidi (0.7 nm), NabitengaNabitenga
Nabitenga is a village in the Zorgho Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 975.-External links:*...
(1.3 nm), Bonogo
Bonogo
Bonogo is a town in the Saponé Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1,486.-External links:*...
(1.4 nm), Tanlilli (1.4 nm), Goden (1.7 nm) and Sakpelse (1.0 nm).
Economy
The economy is dominated by cottonCotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
production to attempt to fight off poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
. The Sina Moussa cotton farm of Saponé is set in seven-hectares and brings in 500,000 CFA a year although there is much uncertainty in production value. The peaking growing season is between October and November when the fields are white, known to the locals as "white gold" when cotton buyers arrive from the capital in their trucks eager to exports the cotton to the market. The town also has a plantation growing fruits.