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Bittou

Bittou is a town and seat of the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. The town is a stop on the caravan trading route. Today the town is located along the N16 Road which links Burkina Faso with Northern Togo and Ghana. In 1898 the French Colonial Army built a fort here to keep the British Colonial Army from capturing the area.

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Bittou
Bittou
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 11°15′27″N 0°18′14″W / 11.25750°N 0.30389°W / 11.25750; -0.30389
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
ProvinceBoulgou Province
DepartmentBittou Department
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
31,210

Bittou is a town and seat of the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. The town is a stop on the caravan trading route.1 Today the town is located along the N16 Road which links Burkina Faso with Northern Togo and Ghana (via Togo). In 1898 the French Colonial Army built a fort here to keep the British Colonial Army from capturing the area.2

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw) that closely borders with hot semi-arid (BSh).

Climate data for Bittou
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 35.1
(95.2) 		36.6
(97.9) 		38.4
(101.1) 		37.9
(100.2) 		35.6
(96.1) 		32.9
(91.2) 		30.8
(87.4) 		30
(86) 		30.9
(87.6) 		34
(93) 		36.1
(97.0) 		34.7
(94.5) 		34.4
(93.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8) 		29
(84) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.4
(88.5) 		29.9
(85.8) 		27.8
(82.0) 		26.2
(79.2) 		25.8
(78.4) 		26.1
(79.0) 		27.8
(82.0) 		28.1
(82.6) 		26.7
(80.1) 		28.1
(82.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4) 		21.4
(70.5) 		24.1
(75.4) 		25
(77) 		24.3
(75.7) 		22.7
(72.9) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.4
(70.5) 		21.7
(71.1) 		20.2
(68.4) 		18.8
(65.8) 		21.8
(71.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0) 		1
(0.0) 		11
(0.4) 		36
(1.4) 		87
(3.4) 		116
(4.6) 		180
(7.1) 		239
(9.4) 		155
(6.1) 		47
(1.9) 		4
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		879
(34.6)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 247m3
See also

See also

Population
YearPop.±%
19854 5,188—    
20065 20,118+287.8%
20196 31,210+55.1%
References

References

  1. Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  2. Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  3. "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. "RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION - 1985 • Structure par âge et sexe des villages du Burkina Faso DEUXIEME EDITION" (PDF). MINISTERE DU PLAN ET DE LA COOPERATION; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE; DIRECTION DE LA DEMOGRAPHIE. 1985. pp. 38–53.
  5. "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
  6. Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso). June 2022. pp. 75–86.