Bittou

Bittou
Bittou is located in Burkina Faso
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 census)[1]
 • 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.[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
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

  1. ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Burkina Faso
  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. ^ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  4. ^ "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.