Dédougou is a city located in western

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 ...

. It is the capital city of Mouhoun Province and

Boucle du Mouhoun Region Boucle du Mouhoun (, "Bend of the Black Volta") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had a population of 1,898,133 in 2019. It is the 4th most populous region in Burkina Faso, and contains 9.26% ...

. The main ethnic groups are the Marka and the Bwa. The population of Dédougou was 37,793 in 2006; 18,778 were male and 19,015 were female. It is the 10th largest city in Burkina Faso. The village of Dedougou was an early stronghold of pro-French sentiment in the region, and became the center of a ''cercle'' in 1911. Rival villages were obliterated. Dédougou is also the location of the Festival International des Masques et des Arts ( FESTIMA), a biennial international festival celebrating traditional cultural masks.

Climate

Dédougou has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(

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 ...

''Aw'').

References

Populated places in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region Long stubs with short prose {{Mouhoun-geo-stub