Yako is a town in northern

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 capital of

Passoré Province Passoré is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Nord Region. Its capital is Yako. Education In 2011 the province had 316 primary schools and 39 secondary schools. Healthcare In 2011 the province had 42 health and social prom ...

. It lies north-west of

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

. Yako is known for its large

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

and as the birthplace of former President

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist–Leninist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist, who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his deposition a ...

. File:Yako Mosquee.jpg, Mosque in the centre of Yako File:Yako gare routiere.jpg, Bus station of Yako

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh).

References

Populated places in the Nord Region (Burkina Faso) Passoré Province {{Passoré-geo-stub