Dori (also known as Winde or Wendu) is a town in northeastern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 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 t ...
, near the border of
Niger
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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.
As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,094,9 ...](_blank)
and has a population of 46,512 (2019).
[ The main ethnic group is the ]Fula
Fula may refer to:
*Fula people (or Fulani, Fulɓe)
*Fula language (or Pulaar, Fulfulde, Fulani)
**The Fula variety known as the Pulaar language
**The Fula variety known as the Pular language
**The Fula variety known as Maasina Fulfulde
*Al-Fula ...
(Fulani) but Tuaregs
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern ...
, Songhai, and Hausa people
The Hausa (Endonym, autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (male, m), Bahaushiya (female, f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami script, Ajami: ) are the largest native ethnic group in Africa. They speak the Hausa language, which ...
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.
Mines
In 2004, a proposal surfaced to link the manganese
Manganese is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of ...
mines by rail with the seaports of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
.
Notable people
* Roukiatou Maiga
Traoré Roukiatou S. Maiga, recently more commonly known as Roukiatou  Maiga, (born 1965 or 1966) is a Burkinabé organization founder and humanitarian. Along with Diambendi Madiega, she was the regional co-winner of the Nansen Refugee Awa ...
, humanitarian
* Albert Ouédraogo
Albert Ouédraogo (born 6 April 1969) is a Burkinabé economist who served as prime minister of Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, from 3 March until another coup on 30 September.
Early life and educa ...
, former Burkinabé Prime Minister
See also
* Railway stations in Burkina Faso
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...
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, a ...
near Dori, Burkina Faso between Dori and Yalgo
Yalgo is a town in the Kongoussi Department of Bam Province in northern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali ...
, 2004
References
External links
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Populated places in the Sahel Region