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Gorom-Gorom is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Gorom-Gorom Department and Oudalan Province, in the Sahel Region. Gorom-Gorom is known for its weekly market, which is the largest in the country and attracts merchants from across the region.

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Settlement.name
Gorom-Gorom
Settlement.image_skyline
Marche de Gorom Gorom001.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
The Gorom-Gorom market
Settlement.pushpin_map
Burkina Faso
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Burkina Faso
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Sahel Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Oudalan Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Gorom-Gorom Department
Settlement.population_as_of
2019
Settlement.population_total
9752
Settlement.timezone
GMT
Settlement.utc_offset
+0

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Gorom-Gorom
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Marche de Gorom Gorom001.jpg
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Gorom-Gorom
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Gorom-Gorom
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  • Demographics
  • Economy
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Gorom-Gorom is a town in northern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Gorom-Gorom Department and Oudalan Province, in the Sahel Region. Gorom-Gorom is known for its weekly market, which is the largest in the country and attracts merchants from across the region.

The 2019 census recorded 9,752 people in Gorom-Gorom, many of whom were nomads from the Tuareg, Fulani, or Songhai ethnic groups. The town and area around it also hosts thousands of internally displaced persons who fled the violence of the Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso.

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