Manni is a town in the
Manni Department
Manni is a department or commune of Gnagna Province in northern 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, ...
of
Gnagna Province
Gnagna is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, and is in Est Region. The capital of Gnagna is Bogandé.
The population of Gnagna in 2019 was 675,897.
Subdivision
Gnagna is divided into 7 departments:
References
See also
*Regions of Bur ...
in eastern
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 ...
. It is the capital of Manni Department and has a population of 15,066.
Geography
Location and environment
Manni is located 35 km north of
Bogandé
Bogandé is a town located in the province of Gnagna in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Bogandé Department and Gnagna Province. The town has a population of 21,443 (2019).
Climate
Transport
Bogandé Airport (IATA: XBG, ICAO: DFEB) is a ...
, the provincial capital, and 30 km south of Taparko.
It is on the edge of a tributary of the Faga River, on which the Manni
embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...
was built.
Demography
* In 2003, the village had an estimated 7,276 inhabitants.
* In 2006, the village had a population of 7,441 inhabitants.
History
In October 2024, there was a
massacre
A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians Glossary of French words and expressions in English#En masse, en masse by an armed ...
of around 150 people.
Economy
Economic and commercial center of the department, the village benefits from its central location for trade between the north and the south of the province of
Gnagna.
Transports
The village is crossed by national road 18.
Health and education
Manni hosts a medical center and a health and social promotion center (CSPS).
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in the Est Region (Burkina Faso)
Gnagna Province
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