Bourzanga

Bourzanga is a town in the Bourzanga Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso.

It is the capital of the Bourzanga Department and has a population of 27,313.

The town contains an ancient necropolis that was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 9, 1996, due to its purported universal cultural importance.

[2] In August 2024, this town was attacked by JNIM, which left at least 600 people dead.

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