Yatenga Province

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Yatenga Province is an administrative region in northern Burkina Faso known historically as a center of the Mossi kingdoms, with Ouahigouya as its capital.

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Yatenga Province canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
administrativeLevel first-level subdivision of Burkina Faso
bordersCountry Mali
borderType international border with Mali
callingCodeCountry +226
capital Ouahigouya
climate semi-arid
country Burkina Faso
countryCapitalDistance Ouagadougou
currency West African CFA franc
currencyCode XOF
demographicsCharacteristic predominantly rural population
drivingSide right
ethnicGroup Mossi people
formerColonialPower France
governingBody provincial authorities of Burkina Faso
hasCity Ouahigouya
hasCulturalHeritage Mossi royal traditions
traditional Mossi chieftaincies
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock raising
small-scale trade
hasReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
hasSettlement Ouahigouya
hasTransport road network connecting to Ouagadougou
historicallyKnownAs Yatenga Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Yatenga
historicalRegionOf Mossi kingdoms
historicalSignificance center of a major Mossi kingdom
ISO3166-2 BF-YAT
languageSpoken Mooré
legalSystem Burkinabé law
locatedIn northern Burkina Faso
locatedInCountrySubdivision Nord Region of Burkina Faso
locatedInRegion Sahel
locatedOnContinent Africa
officialLanguage French
partOf Nord Region
regionType landlocked
seat Ouahigouya
sovereignState Burkina Faso
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+0
traditionalCapital Ouahigouya
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Ouahigouya capitalOf Yatenga Province
Yatenga area modernAdministrativeOverlap Yatenga Province
Nord Region hasProvince Yatenga Province
Kingdom of Yatenga legacy Yatenga Province