Bittou

Bittou
Bittou

Location in Burkina Faso

Coordinates: BF 11°15′N 0°18′W / 11.250°N 0.300°W / 11.250; -0.300
Country  Burkina Faso
Region Centre-Est Region
Province Boulgou Province
Department Bittou Department
Population (2005 est.)
 • Total 15,459

Bittou is a town and seat of the Bittou Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. The town is a stop on the caravan trading route.[1] Today the town is located along the N16 Road which links Burkina Faso with Northern Togo and Ghana (via Togo). In 1898 the French Colonial Army built a fort here to keep the British Colonial Army from capturing the area.[2] As of 2005, the town has a population of 15,459.[3]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw) that closely borders with hot semi-arid (BSh).

Climate data for Bittou
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 35.1
(95.2)		 36.6
(97.9)		 38.4
(101.1)		 37.9
(100.2)		 35.6
(96.1)		 32.9
(91.2)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30
(86)		 30.9
(87.6)		 34
(93)		 36.1
(97)		 34.7
(94.5)		 34.42
(93.93)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)		 29
(84)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.4
(88.5)		 29.9
(85.8)		 27.8
(82)		 26.2
(79.2)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.1
(79)		 27.8
(82)		 28.1
(82.6)		 26.7
(80.1)		 28.09
(82.55)
Average low °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4)		 21.4
(70.5)		 24.1
(75.4)		 25
(77)		 24.3
(75.7)		 22.7
(72.9)		 21.7
(71.1)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.4
(70.5)		 21.7
(71.1)		 20.2
(68.4)		 18.8
(65.8)		 21.83
(71.31)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0)		 1
(0.04)		 11
(0.43)		 36
(1.42)		 87
(3.43)		 116
(4.57)		 180
(7.09)		 239
(9.41)		 155
(6.1)		 47
(1.85)		 4
(0.16)		 3
(0.12)		 879
(34.62)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 247m[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  2. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
  3. ↑ Burkinabé government inforoute communale
  4. ↑ "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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