Bittou

Also known as Bitou

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.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bittou
Settlement.image_skyline: Bittou panorama 2013.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Burkina Faso
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Burkina Faso
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Centre-Est Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Boulgou Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bittou Department
Settlement.population_total: 31210
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: Burkina Faso
Located in: Bittou Department
Image: Bittou panorama 2013.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Châteauroux
Commons category: Bittou
different from: Bitou Local Municipality

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

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