City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Yako
Nord · Burkina Faso
City population
38,679
#25
in Burkina Faso
#4
in Nord
#14,404
worldwide
12.959, -2.261 · 103 km from Ouagadougou
About Yako
Yako is a city in Nord, Burkina Faso with a population of 38,679. It is the 25th largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, and the 14,404th largest worldwide. It lies 103 km from Ouagadougou.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Nord
Rank in region
#4of 4
Coordinates
12.959, -2.261
Record updated
16 April 2026
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.