Bittou
title: "Bittou" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-centre-est-region", "bittou-department"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-centre-est-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittou" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Bittou |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | |
| image_skyline | Bittou panorama 2013.jpg |
| imagesize | 300px |
| pushpin_map | Burkina Faso |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Burkina Faso |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Burkina Faso |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Centre-Est Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Boulgou Province |
| subdivision_type3 | Department |
| subdivision_name3 | Bittou Department |
| population_total | 31210 |
| population_as_of | 2019 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| :: |
| official_name = Bittou | native_name = | settlement_type = | image_skyline = Bittou panorama 2013.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Burkina Faso | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burkina Faso | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Burkina Faso | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Centre-Est Region | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Boulgou Province | subdivision_type3 = Department | subdivision_name3 = Bittou Department | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 31210 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = 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. 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.
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw) that closely borders with hot semi-arid (BSh).
| metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Bittou | temperature colour = pastel | Jan high C = 35.1 | Feb high C = 36.6 | Mar high C = 38.4 | Apr high C = 37.9 | May high C = 35.6 | Jun high C = 32.9 | Jul high C = 30.8 | Aug high C = 30 | Sep high C = 30.9 | Oct high C = 34 | Nov high C = 36.1 | Dec high C = 34.7 | Jan mean C = 27.1 | Feb mean C = 29 | Mar mean C = 31.2 | Apr mean C = 31.4 | May mean C = 29.9 | Jun mean C = 27.8 | Jul mean C = 26.2 | Aug mean C = 25.8 | Sep mean C = 26.1 | Oct mean C = 27.8 | Nov mean C = 28.1 | Dec mean C = 26.7 | Jan low C = 19.1 | Feb low C = 21.4 | Mar low C = 24.1 | Apr low C = 25 | May low C = 24.3 | Jun low C = 22.7 | Jul low C = 21.7 | Aug low C = 21.6 | Sep low C = 21.4 | Oct low C = 21.7 | Nov low C = 20.2 | Dec low C = 18.8 | Jan precipitation mm = 0 | Feb precipitation mm = 1 | Mar precipitation mm = 11 | Apr precipitation mm = 36 | May precipitation mm = 87 | Jun precipitation mm = 116 | Jul precipitation mm = 180 | Aug precipitation mm = 239 | Sep precipitation mm = 155 | Oct precipitation mm = 47 | Nov precipitation mm = 4 | Dec precipitation mm = 3 | source 1 = Climate-Data.org, altitude: 247m
References
References
- Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN. 978-0-8108-6770-3
- Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, Third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN. 978-0-8108-6770-3
- "Climate: Bittou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
- "List of villages from 2006 Burkina Faso census".
- (June 2022). "Fichier des localités du 5e RGPH". Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (Burkina Faso).
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