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.[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] As of 2005, the town has a population of 15,459.[3]

Bittou
Bittou
Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 11°15′N 0°18′W
Country Burkina Faso
RegionCentre-Est Region
ProvinceBoulgou Province
DepartmentBittou Department
Population
 (2005 est.)
 • Total15,459

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
Average high °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)
Average low °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]
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See also

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. Burkinabé government inforoute communale Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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