Cascades Region

Region of Burkina Faso

Cascades (kas. kad, "waterfalls") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 812,062 in 2019. It is the second least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.96% of all Burkinabé. The average elevation is around to above mean sea level. The region contains Mount Tenakourou, which is the country's highest peak with an elevation of Among West African countries, Burkina Faso has the largest elephant population and the country is replete with game reserves. The southern regions are more tropical in nature and have savannah and forests. The principal river is the Black Volta, that originates in the southern region and drains into Ghana. The areas near the rivers usually have flies like tsetse and similium, which are carriers of sleep sickness and river blindness. The average rainfall in the region is around compared to northern regions that receive only rainfall. As of 2019, the population of the region was 812,062 with 51.43% females. The population in the region was 3.96% of the total population of the country. The child mortality rate was 81, infant mortality rate was 96 and the mortality of children under five was 170. As of 2007, among the working population, there were 71.9% employees, 20.2% under employed, 7.7% inactive people, 8% not working and 0.2% unemployed people in the region.

As of 2007, there were of highways, of regional roads and of county roads. The first set of car traffic was 22, first set of two wheeler traffic was 1,878 and the total classified road network was 869. The total corn produced during 2015 was 148,349 tonnes, cotton was 44,903 tonnes, cowpea was 13,778 tonnes, ground nut was 15,743 tonnes, millet was 5,961 tonnes, rice was 28,799 tonnes and sorghum was 19,126 tonnes. The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 117.00 per cent. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 20.4 per cent, compared to a national average of 28.3 per cent. The gross primary enrolment was 67.7 per cent, pos primary was 27.5 per cent and gross secondary school enrolment was 9.4. There were 192 boys and 110 girls enrolled in the primary and post secondary level. There were 4 teachers in primary & post secondary level, while there were 493 teachers in post primary and post secondary level.