Cassou Department

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'''Cassou''' is a department or commune of Ziro Province in southern Burkina Faso. The capital is Cassou. The population of the department was 40,833 in 2006.<ref name="Census2006">{{Cite web|author1=Kabore, Mahamoudou|author2=Ouedraogo, Flore Gabrielle|title=Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitation de 2006 (RGPH-2006): Monographie de la Region du Centre Ouest|year=2009|publisher=Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD)|page=26|url=http://www.insd.bf/fr/IMG/pdf/monographie/monographie_centre_ouest.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113143722/http://www.insd.bf/fr/IMG/pdf/monographie/monographie_centre_ouest.pdf|archivedate=2010-11-13}}</ref>

==Towns and villages== The department is composed of thirty villages, including the administrative seat, listed with preliminary 2006 population figures:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liste des Villages de la Région des Centre-Ouest|year=2007|publisher=Inforoute communale of the government of Burkina Faso|url=http://www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf/list_vill/centre_ouest.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324195827/http://www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf/list_vill/centre_ouest.htm|archivedate=24 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" |- |- valign="top" | *Cassou 2906 (capital) *Lon 1654 *Néssanon 1088 *Bazawara 972 *Pien 383 *Bro-Silapoa 419 *Bonapio 938 *Niessan 996 *Vrassan 818 *Tagnan 497 | *Pindao 210 *Sanyou-poé 817 *Prô 644 *Ouayou 2296 *Kondui 1598 *Pouré 963 *Sourou 1702 *Thiao 1772 *Gnansou 2258 *Kadapra 244 | *Bouro 454 *Panassin 418 *Oupon 1352 *Guillan 887 *Lenon 602 *Thiaossan-koporo 1146 *Taré 554 *Kassolo-tiabona 2873 *Névry 1902 *Lué 695 |}

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Category:Departments of Burkina Faso Category:Ziro Province