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'''Kompienga''' is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Est Region.
The capital of '''Kompienga''' is Pama. The province also borders the country of Togo. The Kompienga Dam located in the province is the country's first hydro-electric dam and is responsible for much of Ouagadougou's electricity supply.<ref name="MansonKnight2006">{{cite book |author1=Manson, K. |author2=Knight |title=Burkina Faso |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, The Globe Pequot Press Inc. |chapter=IV: The East |page=[https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans/page/196 196] |isbn=1841621544 |url=https://archive.org/details/burkinafaso0000mans |url-access=registration |year=2006 |access-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref>
==Departments== [[Image:Kompiengastausee MS1107.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lake Kompienga]]
{| class="wikitable" |- |+ The Departments of Kompienga |- ! Department ! Capital city ! Population <br />(Census 2019) |- | Kompienga Department ||Kompienga ||45,986 |- | Madjoari Department ||Madjoari ||9,974 |- | Pama Department ||Pama ||61,722 |- |}
==See also== * West Africa
==References== {{Reflist}}
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