Gao is a
department or commune of
Ziro Province ''For the town in India, see Ziro''.
Ziro is a province of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Ouest Region. It has an area of . The provincial capital is the town of Sapouy.
Education
In 2011 the province had 0 primary schools and 0 secondary s ...
in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
.
Cities
The department consists of a chief town :
*
Gao
Gao (or Gawgaw/Kawkaw) is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
For much of its history Gao was an imp ...
and 8 villages:
* Dao
* lerou
* Mao Nessira
* Pani
* Passin
* Tékrou
* Yinga
* Zoro.
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Ziro Province
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