City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Ouahigouya
Nord · Burkina Faso
City population
124,587
#5
in Burkina Faso
#1
in Nord
#4,605
worldwide
13.577, -2.418 · 165 km from Ouagadougou
About Ouahigouya
Ouahigouya is a city in Nord, Burkina Faso with a population of 124,587. It is the 5th largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, and the 4,605th largest worldwide. It lies 165 km from Ouagadougou.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Nord
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
317 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
13.577, -2.418
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.