Youga
Youga | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Youga Location in Burkina Faso | |
| Coordinates: 11°03′N 0°27′W / 11.050°N 0.450°W | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Region | Centre-Est Region |
| Province | Boulgou Province |
| Department | Zabré Department |
| Government | |
| Population (2005 est.) | |
| • Total | 1,018 |
| Time zone | 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Burkinabé government inforoute communale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ https://observers.france24.com/en/20190815-killing-turkish-run-gold-mine-burkina-faso-tensions
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