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Boulsa
—  Provincial Capital  —
Boulsa (Burkina Faso)
Boulsa
Boulsa
Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa
Coordinates: 12°40′N 0°35′W / 12.667, -0.583
Country Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Region Centre-Nord
Province Namentenga
Elevation 305 m (1,001 ft)
Population (2005)
 - Total 12,280
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
Location of Boulsa in Burkina Faso

Boulsa is a town located in the province of Namentenga in Burkina Faso. French West Africa ( Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a Federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa |||} Burkina Faso is divided into 13 administrative Regions List of Burkinabé regions (capitals in parenthesis Boucle du Mouhoun Centre-Nord is one of thirteen administrative regions of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in Africa. The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative Provinces. Namentenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Nord Region. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London Coordinated Universal Time, the basis for the world's civil time frequently referred to by the name of its predecessor Greenwich Mean Time Western Namentenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Nord Region. Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa It is the capital of Namentenga Province. It is mainly a Mossi village although there are Peul and Gulmanche populations as well. It is host to a regional office for Plan International. Plan, in some countries known as Foster Parents Plan, is a child-centred development charity and works in 49 countries to provide programs to over 1

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Religion

The main religions are Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism (Assemblies of God).

Education

Le Lycée Provincial de Boulsa is the main high school catering to approximately 1300 students (2008). There is also the Collège d'Ensignment Technique Professionnelle de Boulsa and a Catholic CEG as well. There are also a couple primary schools.

Market

The "jour de marché" is every three days regardless of the day of the week.

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