Bittou
Place in Centre-Est Region, Burkina Faso
11°15′27″N 0°18′14″W / 11.25750°N 0.30389°W / 11.25750; -0.30389 (2019 census)[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] As of 2019, the town has a population of 31,210.[1]
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 | |||||||||||||
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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: 247m[4] |
See also
References
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Burkina Faso
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
- ^ "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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