Dagamtenga
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Dagamtenga | |
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  Dagamtenga Location within Burkina Faso, French West Africa | |
| Coordinates: 11°55′19.50″N 0°25′44.46″W / 11.9220833°N 0.4290167°W | |
| Country |  Burkina Faso |
| Province | Kouritenga |
| Department | Dialgaye |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 2,393 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Dagamtenga, also spelt Dagemtenga,[1] is a commune in the Dialgaye Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 2,393 in 2006.[2][3]
In the 2006 census, one of Dagamtenga's neighbourhoods, Guetenga, also spelt Guitanga,[4] was listed as a separate settlement with a population of 300, with Dagamtenga's population as 2,093. This would give the combined Dagamtenga-Guitanga settlement a total population of 2,393 in 2006. This population division differs from the divisions in the neighbourhood data, however the total population of all of the neighbourhoods also comes to 2,393.
