Koudougou
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Koudougou is a town in the province of Boulkiemdé
, 75 kilometres (46.6 mi) west of Ouagadougou
, the capital of Burkina Faso
. It is mainly inhabited by Mossi, and has 131,825 inhabitants, as of 2006. Koudougou is situated at the only railway line of the country and harbours some industries, like a factory for a soap factory
, shea
butter, a cotton
factory and various textile factories.
Boulkiemdé
Boulkiemdé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Ouest Region. The capital of Boulkiemdé is Koudougou. The population of Boulkiemdé was 498,008 in 2006.Boulkiemde is divided into 13 departments as follows:...
, 75 kilometres (46.6 mi) west of Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...
, the capital of 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...
. It is mainly inhabited by Mossi, and has 131,825 inhabitants, as of 2006. Koudougou is situated at the only railway line of the country and harbours some industries, like a factory for a soap factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
, shea
Shea
Vitellaria paradoxa, also classified as Butyrospermum parkii and B. paradoxa, commonly known as shea tree, shi tree, or , vitellaria or karité, is a tree of the Sapotaceae family indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan,...
butter, a cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
factory and various textile factories.