# Cassou Department

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'''Cassou''' is a [department](/source/Departments_of_Burkina_Faso) or commune of [Ziro Province](/source/Ziro_Province) in southern [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso). The capital is [Cassou](/source/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>
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*[Cassou](/source/Cassou)	2906 (capital)
*[Lon](/source/Lon%2C_Burkina_Faso)	1654
*[Néssanon](/source/N%C3%A9ssanon)	1088
*[Bazawara](/source/Bazawara)	972
*[Pien](/source/Pien%2C_Burkina_Faso)	383
*[Bro-Silapoa](/source/Bro-Silapoa)	419
*[Bonapio](/source/Bonapio)	938
*[Niessan](/source/Niessan)	996
*[Vrassan](/source/Vrassan)	818
*[Tagnan](/source/Tagnan)	497
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*[Pindao](/source/Pindao)	210
*[Sanyou-poé](/source/Sanyou-po%C3%A9)	817
*[Prô](/source/Pr%C3%B4)	644
*[Ouayou](/source/Ouayou)	2296
*[Kondui](/source/Kondui)	1598
*[Pouré](/source/Pour%C3%A9)	963
*[Sourou](/source/Sourou%2C_Cassou)	1702
*[Thiao](/source/Thiao)	1772
*[Gnansou](/source/Gnansou)	2258
*[Kadapra](/source/Kadapra%2C_Burkina_Faso)	244
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*[Bouro](/source/Bouro)	454
*[Panassin](/source/Panassin)	418
*[Oupon](/source/Oupon)	1352
*[Guillan](/source/Guillan%2C_Burkina_Faso)	887
*Lenon	602
*[Thiaossan-koporo](/source/Thiaossan-koporo)	1146
*[Taré](/source/Tar%C3%A9)	554
*[Kassolo-tiabona](/source/Kassolo-tiabona)	2873
*[Névry](/source/N%C3%A9vry)	1902
*[Lué](/source/Lu%C3%A9)	695
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==References==
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Category:Departments of Burkina Faso
Category:Ziro Province

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