Barani is a department

Departments of Burkina Faso

The provinces of Burkina Faso are divided into 301 departments or communes. The departments are listed below, by province:-Balé:* Bagassi Department* Bana Department* Boromo Department* Fara Department* Oury Department* Pâ Department...

 or commune of Kossi Province

Kossi Province

The Province de la Kossi lies in the western part of Burkina Faso and stretches to the border with Mali. It is in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Kossi is the town of Nouna, which has a mayor and high commissioner...

 in western Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

. Its capital lies at the town of Barani. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 49,144 .

The department of Barani borders the country of Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

 to the north. The village of Barani is most well known as the site of an annual horse festival . It can be reached via a road heading north from the village of Bomborokui.

Towns and villages

• Barani (4 804 inhabitants) (capital)
• Babakuy (1 094 inhabitants)
• Bangassi-Koro (420 inhabitants)
• Bangassi Kourou (4 804 inhabitants)
• Berma (1 450 inhabitants)
• Bogo (327 inhabitants)
• Boulé
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  (491 inhabitants)
• Boulemporo (1 397 inhabitants)
• Cissé (918 inhabitants)
• Diamahoun (1 348 inhabitants)
• Djallo (510 inhabitants)
• Dienwely (534 inhabitants)
• Douré (413 inhabitants)
• Illa (1 633 inhabitants)
• Kamandadougou (1 068 inhabitants)
• Karekuy (1 003 inhabitants)
• Kessekuy (1 053 inhabitants)
• Kinseré (1 334 inhabitants)
• Kolonkan Goure Ba (616 inhabitants)
• Kolonkan Goure Diall (1 293 inhabitants)
• Konkoro (594 inhabitants)
• Koroni
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  (762 inhabitants)
• Koubé (575 inhabitants)
• Koulerou (1 978 inhabitants)
• Manekuy (576 inhabitants)
• Mantamou (1 086 inhabitants)
• Medougou (1 766 inhabitants)
• Nabasso (881 inhabitants)
• Niako (479 inhabitants)
• Niemini-Peulh (137 inhabitants)
• Gnimanou (2 176 inhabitants)
• Ouemboye (382 inhabitants)
• Oueressé (1 384 inhabitants)
• Pampakuy (559 inhabitants)
• Sekuy (576 inhabitants)
• Sekuy-Ira (62 inhabitants)
• Sokoura (2 280 inhabitants)
• Soudogo (670 inhabitants)
• Tira (779 inhabitants)
• Torokoto (2 991 inhabitants)
• Waribèrè (961 inhabitants)
• Yalankoro (980 inhabitants)