City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Banfora
Cascades Region · Burkina Faso
City population
117,452
#7
in Burkina Faso
#1
in Cascades Region
#4,891
worldwide
10.641, -4.753 · 400 km from Ouagadougou
About Banfora
Banfora is a city in Cascades Region, Burkina Faso with a population of 117,452. It is the 7th largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, and the 4,891st largest worldwide. It lies 400 km from Ouagadougou.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Cascades Region
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
304 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
10.641, -4.753
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 74 in Burkina FasoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.