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'''Gao''' is a department or commune of Ziro Province in Burkina Faso.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceni.bf/sites/default/files/elections/repartition-sieges-conseilles-municipaux-02-2012.pdf|title=Résultats préliminaires du RGPH 2006|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/Attachments/2006BFA_Report2-GUID94c9ce1a2a914ab2a4a7aac9caee1a7a.pdf|title=Resultats Preliminaires, Du recensement General De La Population Et De L'Habitation De 2006|website=Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706162026/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/Attachments/2006BFA_Report2-GUID94c9ce1a2a914ab2a4a7aac9caee1a7a.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Cities == The department consists of a chief town :
* Gao
and 8 villages:
* Dao * lerou * Mao Nessira * Pani
* Passin * Tékrou * Yinga * Zoro.
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Ziro}}
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