Official Name: | Youga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Burkina Faso |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burkina Faso |
Coordinates: | 11.05°N -27°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Centre-Est Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Boulgou Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Zabré Department |
Leader Name: | The current leader is Chief Nanga Philippe |
Population As Of: | 2005 est. |
Population Total: | 1,018 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC |
Youga is a village in the Zabré Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso, about 2 km north from the Burkina Faso–Ghana border. As of 2005, the village had a population of 1018.[1] As of 2019 there was a gold mine in Youga operated by a Turkish subcontractor[2]