Claim: The major highway in Bouza was completed in the 1970s, while the major unpaved road in the area (RN16), runs through the town from of Bouza Madaoua to the south to Keita ( capital of the Keita Department) in the north.
Evidence: The major highway of the region, completed in the 1970s, bypassed Bouza Department to the west, heading south from Regional capitol Tahoua to the large southern city of Birni-N'Konni near the Nigerian border. The major (unpaved) road in the area -- RN16 runs through Bouza town from Madaoua to the south to Keita in the north, before reaching Tahoua in the northwest of the Region. It is the capital of the Keita Department, within the Tahoua Region, and has a population of 10,631 as of 2012.