Folonzo is a town in the

Niangoloko Department Niangoloko is a department or commune of Comoé Province in southern Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Niangoloko. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 76,840. Towns and villages * Niangoloko (33,292 inhab ...

Comoé Province Comoé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Cascades Region. The capital of Comoé is Banfora. The population of Comoé was 632,695 in 2019. Comoé is divided into 9 departments: See also *Regions of Burkina Faso *Provi ...

in south-western

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 has a population of 1,618. Annual rainfall in the area is approximately 1100mm. Dry season is from January to June. Studies of Glossina tachinoides, a species of

tsetse fly Tsetse ( , or ) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies), are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus ''Glossina'', which are placed in their own family, Glo ...

, have been conducted on the

Komoé River The Komoé River or Comoé River is a river in West Africa. The river originates on the Sikasso Plateau of Burkina Faso, flow through the Cascades de Karfiguéla, forms a short section of the border between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast until it ...

at Folonzo. A non profit organization, ''L’association Idéal de Folonzo'' conducts

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

classes with local children.

Gallery

File:Comoe near Folonzo MS 1262.jpg,

near Folonzo File:Bombax costatum MS 4414.jpg, Bombax costatum near Folonzo File:Bombax costatum MS 4410.jpg, Bombax costatum flower near Folonzo File:Isoberlinia doka MS 4428.jpg,

Isoberlinia doka ''Isoberlinia doka'' is a hardwood tree native to African tropical savannas and Guinean forest-savanna mosaic dry forests where it can form single species stands. The tree is exploited for its economic value as a commercial timber. The leaves ...

near Folonzo

References

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
* Populated places in the Cascades Region Comoé Province {{Comoé-geo-stub