Koudougou

Koudougou is situated a city and the same area comprehensive department in the West African state of Burkina Faso, the capital of Centre- Ouest region and the province Boulkiemdé 75 km west of Ouagadougou, the capital of the country. It is inhabited by Mossi and with 131 825 inhabitants in the ten sectors of the capital and the 15 surrounding villages, one of the largest cities in the country.

Economy, Transport and Infrastructure

Koudougou lies on the only railway line of Burkina Faso and is the site of several small industrial plants, such as a factory for the production of shea butter, a cotton factory, and several textile mills. Since 2005, the city has a university.

Of national importance is the market of Koudougou, housed since 2005 in a new market complex in the center of the city., Designed by Laurent Séchaud on behalf of SDC market was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2007.

Once a year the music festival Nuits de Atypiques Koudougou takes place.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Maurice Yaméogo, first President of Upper Volta
  • Tertius Zongo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from June 2007 to April 2011

Twinning

  • Dreux in the Eure -et -Loir (France ), 1972

Koudougou has twinning closed with

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