Bittou

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.^[2] 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.^[3] As of 2019, the town has a population of 31,210.^[1]

Bittou
Bittou Location in Burkina Faso
Coordinates: 11°15′27″N 0°18′14″W
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Est Region
Province	Boulgou Province
Department	Bittou Department
Population  (2019 census)[1]
• Total	31,210

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
Mean daily maximum °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 (97.0)	34.7 (94.5)	34.4 (93.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.1 (80.8)	29 (84)	31.2 (88.2)	31.4 (88.5)	29.9 (85.8)	27.8 (82.0)	26.2 (79.2)	25.8 (78.4)	26.1 (79.0)	27.8 (82.0)	28.1 (82.6)	26.7 (80.1)	28.1 (82.6)
Mean daily minimum °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)	21.8 (71.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	11 (0.4)	36 (1.4)	87 (3.4)	116 (4.6)	180 (7.1)	239 (9.4)	155 (6.1)	47 (1.9)	4 (0.2)	3 (0.1)	879 (34.6)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 247m[4]

See also

• List of cities in Burkina Faso