Sahel ([sa.ɛl], "Sahel") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces make up the region—Oudalan, Séno, Soum, and Yagha. This region is the northernmost part of the country and is adjacent to Mali and Niger.
As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,094,907 which is 5.34% of the total population of the country.
^Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkinafaso
^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
The Sahelregion (/səˈhɛl/; from Arabic ساحل (sāḥil [ˈsaːħil]) 'coast, shore') or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is...
Sahel ([sa.ɛl], "Sahel") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces...
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The Alliance of Sahel States (AoSS) is a mutual defense pact created between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso on 16 September 2023. The pact was created...
consequences in the regionSahelregion. The violent herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria, Mali, Sudan and other countries in the Sahelregion have been exacerbated...
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climate change. Geographic areas most affected are located in Africa (Sahelregion), Asia (Gobi Desert and Mongolia) and parts of South America. Drylands...
G5 Sahel or G5S (French: G5 du Sahel) is an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters...
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credited with the spreading of Islam in North Africa and the adjacent Sahelregion. Tuareg society has traditionally featured clan membership, social status...
were a series of centralized kingdoms or empires that were centered on the Sahel, the area of grasslands south of the Sahara, from the 8th century to the...
north and the fertile region of the Sudan to the south. Situated between 11° 3′ and 13° 5′ north latitude, the Sudan-Sahelregion is a transitional zone...
The regions of Burkina Faso are divided into 45 administrative provinces. These 45 provinces are currently sub-divided into 351 departments or communes...
longest possible period of time. In the resource-poor drylands of the Sahelregion of Africa, irrigation systems and chemical fertilizers are often prohibitively...
also transliterated Janjawid) are an Arab nomad militia group from the Sahelregion that operates in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, and eastern Chad. They...
at Dhar Tichitt in Mauritania. Pearl millet was domesticated in the Sahelregion of West Africa, where its wild ancestors are found. Evidence for the...
around 3000 BC. In subsaharan Africa, sorghum was domesticated in the Sahelregion of Africa by 3000 BC, along with pearl millet by 2000 BC. Yams were domesticated...
more floods in the 17 Sahelregion countries. In 2012, severe drought conditions in the Sahel were reported. Governments in the region responded quickly,...
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experienced a cultural change to Baggara culture after being pushed from the Sahelregion into the savanna. This resulted in a switch in livestock to cattle, which...
is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahelregion of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African...
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