Zimtenga is a town in the

Zimtenga Department Zimtenga, also spelt Zimtanga, is a department or commune of Bam Province in Centre-Nord Region of Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Zimtenga. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 21,879.

Bam Province Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; only ...

in northern-central

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 the Zimtenga Department and has a population of 1,036.Burkinabé government inforoute communale

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Populated places in the Centre-Nord Region Bam Province {{Bam-geo-stub