Boumdoudoum

Boumdoudoum, also spelt Boundoudoum[1] or Boudoudoum,[2] is a village in the Baskouré Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est region of Burkina Faso. It had a population of 413 in 2006.[3][4]

Boumdoudoum
Boumdoudoum Location within Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 12°12′N 0°16′W
Country	Burkina Faso
Province	Kouritenga
Department	Baskouré
Elevation	306 m (1,004 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	413
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Beginning in 2004, New High School (de) in Oldenburg, Germany has been in a partnership with a village school of Boumdoudoum. The high school founded the organisations of Boumdoudoum AG in 2005 and the Boumdoudoum Development Association in 2007 to organise its operations in the village, as well as development aid projects at the high school itself.[5]

Economy

In 2004, the Oldenburg-Boumdoudoum partnership reported that there were 3 wells in the village, 21 families sharing a well each. A few families had a plough pulled by donkey or oxen. Besides agriculture, cattle farming was also being done.[6]

Housing

A typical housing collective in Boumdoudoum consists of several round houses of clay with thatched roofs. The houses are connected with clay walls or straw mats and enclose an inner courtyard. In the courtyard there is a small house. In the huts, family members sleep on the floor in groups of the same sex and social hierarchy. Belongings are stored on the floor of the huts or hung on a cord.[7]

Education

The village has a primary school, l'École de Boumdoudoum, which in 2004 supported 52 pupils.[8] The construction of a school kitchen and multimedia building in the school had been initiated in part by the Boumdoudoum Development Association.

There are no secondary schools; the closest one is in Baskouré, 2 to 5 km away, the Collège d'enseignement général de Baskouré.[9]

Demographics

As of 2004, 64 families lived in the village.[6]

Year	Population
1996	368[10]
2006	413[3][4]

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhood	Population (2006)[3]
Balemmin	111
Natenga	105
Souka	101
Yarsin	95

References

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2. "Burkina Faso Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel Atlas des Cartes d'Occupation du Sol" (PDF). September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
3. "Résultats de l'Inventaire National des Ouvrages d'Approvisionnement ..." Retrieved 11 March 2017.
4. "MEMORANDUM SUR LA DETERMINATION DU NOMBRE DE SIEGES DES CONSEILLERS MUNICIPAUX PAR VILLAGES ET PAR SECTEURS DANS LE CADRE DES ELECTIONS LOCALES DU 02 DECEMBRE 2012" (PDF). Ouagadougou. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
5. e.V., Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt. "Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Unsere Ziele". www.boumdoudoum.de. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
6. e.V., Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt. "Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Das Dorf". www.boumdoudoum.de. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
7. e.V., Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt. "Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Concession". www.boumdoudoum.de. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
8. e.V., Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt. "Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Grundschule". www.boumdoudoum.de. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
9. e.V., Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Grundschule. "Boumdoudoum Förderverein für Schulpartnerschaften in der Einen Welt e.V. - Grundschule". www.boumdoudoum.de. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
10. "Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2017-03-10.