Bittou is a town and seat of the
Bittou Department of
Boulgou Province
Boulgou is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso and is in Centre-Est Region. The capital of Boulgou is Tenkodogo. The population of Boulgou in 2019 was 736,559. in south-eastern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. 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 (via Togo). In 1898 the French Colonial Army built a fort here to keep the British Colonial Army from capturing the area.
[Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ] As of 2019, the town has a population of 31,210.
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Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw) that closely borders with hot semi-arid (BSh).
See also
*List of cities in Burkina Faso
This is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso.
List
* Aribinda
* Bagré
* Banfora
* Batié
* Bobo Dioulasso
* Bogandé
* Boromo
* Boulsa
* Boussé
* Dano
* Dédougou
* Diapaga
* Diébougou
* Djibo
* Dori
* Fada N'gourma
* Gaoua
* ...
References
{{Boulgou
Populated places in the Centre-Est Region
Boulgou Province