Lake Kompienga
Reservoir in Kompienga Province
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Lake Kompienga is a reservoir lake in Kompienga Province in southeastern Burkina Faso. The Kompienga Dam was built in the 1980s to create the lake for economic purposes.
| Lake Kompienga | |
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  Lake Kompienga | |
| Location | Kompienga Province |
| Coordinates | 11°08′20″N 0°38′04″E |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | Burkina Faso |
| Official name | Barrage de la Kompienga |
| Designated | 7 October 2009 |
| Reference no. | 1875[1] |
In 1985, demographers predicted that the construction of the Kompienga dam and lake would bring about 15% increase in immigration to area between 1985 and 1990, 15% between 1990 and 1995, and 8% between 1995 and 2000 for economic reasons.[2]
However the creation of the lake and dam had consequences on some villages along the basin which were either totally or partially flooded by the dam-created lake.
