City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Gao
City population
26,453
#39
in Burkina Faso
#4
in Centre-Ouest
#20,075
worldwide
11.650, -2.178 · 106 km from Ouagadougou
About Gao
Gao is a city in Centre-Ouest, Burkina Faso with a population of 26,453. It is the 39th largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, and the 20,075th largest worldwide. It lies 106 km from Ouagadougou.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 10
Elevation
325 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
11.650, -2.178
Record updated
2025-12-19
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.