Centre-Sud Region

Centre-Sud
Centre-Sud
Region
	A mountain, Pic de Nahouri, in the region
	Location in Burkina Faso
	Coordinates: 11°30′N 1°10′W / 11.500°N 1.167°W
Country	Burkina Faso
Capital	Manga
Area
• Region	4,368 sq mi (11,313 km2)
Population (2019 census)
• Region	788,341
• Density	180/sq mi (70/km2)
• Urban	85,316
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT 0)
HDI (2017)	0.432; low · 3rd

Centre-Sud ([sɑ̃tʁ.syd], "South Central") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. The population of Centre-Sud was 638,379 in 2006^[3] and was estimated at 722,631 in 2011.^[4] The region's capital is Manga. Three provinces – Bazèga, Nahouri, and Zoundwéogo – make up the region.

As of 2019, the population of the region was 788,341 with 52.6% females. It is the least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.84% of the total population of the country. The child mortality rate was 61, infant mortality rate was 70 and the mortality of children under five was 127. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 15.9%, compared to a national average of 28.3%. The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 69%.

^ Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ Cite error: The named reference c2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "La région du Centre-sud en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.

[1] Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[c2006-3] Cite error: The named reference c2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "La région du Centre-sud en chiffres" (PDF). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD). 2011. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.

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