Yaho is a commune in the Balé Province

Bale Province

Bale Province may refer to:* Balé Province, Burkina Faso* Bale Province, Ethiopia...

 in southern 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...

. Its capital lies at the town of Yaho

Yaho, Burkina Faso

Yaho is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 3583 and is the capital of Yaho department.-References:...

. According to the 1996 census the department had a total population of 14,257. According to census August 2009 the population is: 16,424 inhabitants.

Yaho is a rural commune consisting of 10 villages and the area is approximately 400 km2. The mayor of Yaho Commune since 2006 is Zounkata Tuina, an architect educated in Chalmers Sweden. Currently 2009, the Yaho population is working to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...

, (MDGs). One project the people hope to realize in the near future is a dam on a river along the western border, which could provide the region with irrigation to large farming areas and a big lake with fish.

Towns and villages

Largest towns and villages and populations in the commune are as follows (August 2009):

• Yaho
  Yaho, Burkina Faso
  Yaho is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 3583 and is the capital of Yaho department.-References:...
  
  (4 500 inhabitants) (capital)
• Bondo
  Bondo, Burkina Faso
  Bondo is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1580.-External links:*...
  
  (1 625 inhabitants)
• Fobiri
  Fobiri
  Fobiri is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1690.-External links:*...
  
  (1 818 inhabitants)
• Grand-balé
  Grand-balé
  Grand-balé is a village in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 110....
  
  (90 inhabitants)
• Kongoba
  Kongoba
  Kongoba is a village in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 577.-External links:*...
  
  (624 inhabitants)
• Madou
  Madou, Burkina Faso
  Madou is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1719.-External links:*...
  
  (1 823 inhabitants)
• Mamou
  Mamou, Burkina Faso
  Mamou is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 2843.-External links:*...
  
  (3 526 inhabitants)
• Maoula
  Maoula
  Maoula is a village in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 578.-External links:*...
  
  (638 inhabitants)
• Mina
  Mina, Burkina Faso
  Mina is a village in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 557.-External links:*...
  
  (650 inhabitants)
• Mouni
  Mouni
  Mouni is a town in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 1020.-External links:*...
  
  (1 130 inhabitants)