page_title: Cascades Region
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Cascades Region / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Banfora Train StationFrançais&#160;: Gare de Banfora
context_page_description: Cascades is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 524,956 in 2006. It is the least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.8% of all Burkinabé. The region's capital is Banfora. Two provinces, Comoé and Léraba, make up the region. The Cascades de Karfiguéla give the region its name.
  As of 2010, the population of the region was 613,229. As of 2007, the literacy rate in the region was 20 per cent, compared to a national average of 28.3 per cent. The coverage of cereal need compared to the total production of the region was 117.00 per cent.
context_section_description: As of 2007, there were 229.3 km (142.5 mi) of highways, 335.9 km (208.7 mi) of regional roads and 303.4 km (188.5 mi) 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.
caption: Banfora
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