Youga Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burkinabé government inforoute communale . 2008-07-01 . 2008-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011095259/http://www.inforoute-communale.gov.bf/list_vill/centre_est.htm . dead .
  2. https://observers.france24.com/en/20190815-killing-turkish-run-gold-mine-burkina-faso-tensions