Faramana

Faramana is a town in Houet Province (Hauts-Bassins Region) in western Burkina Faso, near the border of Mali.

Faramana
Approach from Malian border
Faramana Location within Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 12.044693°N 4.669189°W / 12.044693; -4.669189
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Hauts-Bassins
Province	Houet
Department	Faramana
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Climate	Aw

It is the capital of Faramana Department, which further consists of 7 villages:

• Bambe
• Biena
• Koakourima
• Kobi
• Kouni
• Siankoro
• Ty

Passport page with stamps of the Burkinabé border police at Faramana and the Malian border police at Sona (July 2017)

Faramana is a bordertown near the border with Mali on the Route nationale N9, the Burkina Faso part of the trunk road from Bobo-Dioulasso to Koutiala. The border police station in Faramana is 1.2 km from the actual border (from which it is another 3.8 km to its counterpart in Mali, the border police station at Sona (Mahou rural commune, Yorosso Cercle)).