Dori (also known as Winde or Wendu) is a town in northeastern

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

, near the border of

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

. It is located at around . It is the capital of

Sahel Region Sahel (, "Sahel") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Dori. Four provinces make up the region— Oudalan, Séno, Soum, and Yagha. This region is the northernmost part of ...

and has a population of 46,512 (2019). The main ethnic group is the Fula (Fulani) but Tuaregs and Songhai are often present. It is a town known for its herders and popular livestock markets. Dori recorded a temperature of in 1984, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Burkina Faso. In 2020, it was reported that the

Emir Emir (; ' (), also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic language, Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocratic, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person po ...

of Liptako lived in Dori.

Climate

Dori has a

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''BSh'').

Mines

In 2004, a proposal surfaced to link the

manganese Manganese is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese was first isolated in the 1770s. It is a transition m ...

mines by rail with the seaports of

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

Notable people

* Roukiatou Maiga, humanitarian * Albert Ouédraogo, former interim Burkinabé Prime Minister * Ousmane Amirou Dicko, Emir of Liptako

Gallery

File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 050 - Le vieux quartier de Dori avec ses habitants - Dori, Séno, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif, The old district of Dori with its inhabitants, 2001 File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 1 - 163 - Le magasin d'un commerçant mauritanien. Homme derrière le comptoir d'un magasin avec de la nourriture - Dori, Burkina Faso - 9-29 novembre 1996.tiff, The store of a Mauritanian shopkeeper. A Tuareg woman in a veil, 2001 File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 047 - Le vieux quartier de Dori avec ses habitants - Dori, Séno, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif, The old district of Dori with its inhabitants, 2001 File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 048 - Le vieux quartier de Dori avec ses habitants - Dori, Séno, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif, The old district of Dori with its inhabitants, 2001 File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 042 - Portrait d'un chameau blanc sur la partie du marché - Dori, Séno, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif, A white camel on the part of the Friday market where the Peul come, 2001 File:ASC Leiden - van Achterberg Collection - 5 - 046 - Des hommes avec un zébu, des chèvres et une charrette - Dori, Séno, Burkina Faso, 19-26 août 2001.tif, Men with a zebu, goats and a cart on a dirt road along the market that is visible behind trees, 2001 File:Street Scene - Dori - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso.jpg, A street scene in Dori, Burkina Faso, 2010 File:Woman Walks Past Mosque - Dori - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso.jpg, A woman is walking past the Mosque, Dori, Burkina Faso, 2010 File:Club Life - Dori - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso.jpg, "Club PMU'B Z 702 LONAB. La fortune en Fin de Course". Images of a horse race with jockeys with betting and winning, Dori, Burkina Faso, 2010 File:Gate and House with Islamic Motifs - Dori - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso.jpg, Roof with islamic motifs like mooncrescent, Dori, 2010 File:Dori BurkinaFaso.png, Sand desert of a dry lake near Dori, Burkina Faso, 2007 File:De Yalgo a Dori Marco Schmidt 0922.jpg, A

duricrust Duricrust is a hard layer on or near the surface of soil. Duricrusts can range in thickness from a few millimeters or centimeters to several meters. It is a general term (not to be confused with duripan) for a zone of chemical precipitation and ...

inselberg An inselberg or monadnock ( ) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie, an ...

near Dori, Burkina Faso between Dori and Yalgo, 2004

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