# Manni

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**Manni** is the capital of the [Manni Department](/source/Manni_Department) of [Gnagna Province](/source/Gnagna_Province) in eastern [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso).

## Geography

### Location and environment

Manni is located 35 km north of [Bogandé](/source/Bogand%C3%A9), the provincial capital, and 30 km south of Taparko.

It is on the edge of a tributary of the Faga River, on which the Manni [embankment dam](/source/Embankment_dam) was built.

### Demography

Population Year Pop. ±% 1985[1] 3,373 — 2006[2] 7,441 +120.6% 2019[3] 15,066 +102.5%

## History

Between October 6 and 8 2024, [JNIM](/source/JNIM) militants attacked the town and massacred at least 150 civilians and burned down much of the town.[4] The initial attacks occurred after the terrorists cut off mobile networks, where they then proceeded to attack the main market of the town.[5] The following day, they returned to the town to attack the hospital. On the final day, the terrorists returned to massacre all the men they could find.[6]

## Economy

Economic and commercial center of the department, the village benefits from its central location for trade between the north and the south of the province of [Gnagna](/source/Gnagna_Province).

## Transports

The village is crossed by national road 18.

## Health and education

Manni hosts a medical center and a health and social promotion center (CSPS).[7]

## References

1. ["RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION"](https://www.odsef.fss.ulaval.ca/sites/odsef.fss.ulaval.ca/files/fonds_gp/c-doc_081_odsef.pdf). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985. pp. 82–91.

1. ["List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census"](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/1cb97121-49c5-4591-b52f-9be243637edb/resource/0d8680f1-c651-429b-87c6-eb04e27c34dd/download/liste-des-villages-du-recensement-2006-burkina-faso.xls)

1. [*Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH*](https://web.archive.org/web/20251219203132/https://www.insd.bf/sites/default/files/2023-11/Fichier%20des%20localites%20RGPH%202019.pdf) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 194–205.

1. ZENIT, Staff. ["Burkina Faso: Terrorists carry out brutal massacre over three days"](https://zenit.org/2024/10/16/burkina-faso-terrorists-carry-out-brutal-massacre-over-three-days/) (in Spanish). *ZENIT - English*. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

1. Carnes-Douglas, Liam (10 October 2024). ["TRAC Incident Report: Suspected Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al- Muslimin (JNIM) Militants Led an Armed Assault on Civilians at a Market in Manni, Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso"](https://trackingterrorism.org/chatter/suspected-jnim-led-an-armed-assault-on-civilians-in-manni/). *Tracterrorism*. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

1. ["Burkina Faso: Terrorists carry out brutal massacre over three days"](https://acn-canada.org/burkina-faso-terrorists-carry-out-brutal-massacre-over-three-days/). *ACN Canada*. [Aid to the Church in Need](/source/Aid_to_the_Church_in_Need). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

1. ["Health map 2010"](http://www.cns.bf/IMG/pdf/carte_sanitaire_2010.pdf) (PDF). *CNS.bf, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso*. January 2012. p. 67. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

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