City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Koupéla
City population
49,372
#17
in Burkina Faso
#3
in Centre-Est
#11,568
worldwide
12.179, -0.351 · 130 km from Ouagadougou
About Koupéla
Koupéla is a city in Centre-Est, Burkina Faso with a population of 49,372. It is the 17th largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, and the 11,568th largest worldwide. It lies 130 km from Ouagadougou.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 8
Elevation
306 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
12.179, -0.351
Record updated
2026-04-16
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.