Soum Province

Soum
Province
Location in Burkina Faso
Provincial map of its departments
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Sahel Region
Capital	Djibo
Area
• Total	12,222 km^2 (4,719 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	348,341
• Density	29/km^2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT 0 (UTC+0)

Soum is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Sahel Region.

Its capital is Djibo.

Departments

Soum is divided into 9 departments:

The Departments of Oudalan

Department	Capital city	Population (Census 2006)[1]
Arbinda Department	Arbinda	90,735
Baraboule Department	Baraboule	30,209
Diguel Department	Diguel	9,055
Djibo Department	Djibo	60,599
Kelbo Department	Kelbo	24,446
Koutougou Department	Koutougou	18,719
Nassamfou Department	Nassamfou	20,222
Pobe-Mengao Department	Pobe-Mengao	23,692
Tongomayel Department	Tongomayel	70,665

See also

• Regions of Burkina Faso
• Provinces of Burkina Faso
• Departments of Burkina Faso

References

1. National 2006 census preliminary results

Coordinates: 14°06′N 1°38′W / 14.100°N 1.633°W