Ouarkoye is a town approximately 200 kilometres (124.3 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...

, 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 the capital of Ouarkoye Department

Ouarkoye Department

Ouarkoye is a department or commune of Mouhoun Province in western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Ouarkoye. According to the 1996 census the department has a total population of 37,178.-Towns and villages:...

 in Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun Province

Mouhoun is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. The capital of Mouhoun is Dédougou.Most people in the province live in rural areas; 260,295 Burkinabé live in the countryside with only 37,793 people residing in urban areas...

. The town has a population of 3,916. Brig. General Yaoua Michel Tamini was from this village.

It is also rarely spelled Ouarkaye. Several other towns in Burkina Faso have similar names: Ouargaye, Ouarokuy and Ouarakuy.