Bagassi
Place in Boucle du Mouhoun Region, Burkina Faso
Bagassi is the capital of the Bagassi Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,555 | , |
| 2006 | 638 | −75.0% |
| 2019 | 3,992 | +525.7% |
01History
Louis-Gustave Binger entered the village on 19 May 1888, writing:
Bangassi, which we reached at five in the evening, is a large village of 1,000 to 1,500 inhabitants, all Bobo-Niéniégué. The inhabitants appeared to me to be reasonably well-off. The village has very extensive crops and a fine herd of cattle (around 300 head). This region is very poor in water; there is neither stream nor river, and water is drawn from numerous wells sometimes situated nearly a kilometre from the villages. At Bangassi, throughout the night the women did nothing but draw and carry water; it is difficult to find rest in this village, so around two in the morning my men, giving up on sleep, begged me to set off.
He departed the following day.
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