Bobo Dioulasso

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Bobo Dioulasso
Status: commune urbaine , department
Region: Hauts-Basins
Province: Houet
Residents: 554,042 (2006)
Structure: 3 arrondissements
35 villages
Mayor: Salia Sanou
Prefect: Benjamin Kafando
location
Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
Bobo Dioulasso
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11 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 18 ′  W

Bobo-Dioulasso is the second largest city and the same area comprehensive department of the West African state Burkina Faso , capital of the Hauts-Bassins region and the province of Houet . The name is made up of the words Bobo , Dioula and Sô . Bobo is the name for the ethnic group that mainly lives in Bobo-Dioulasso, Dioula is a Mande language, similar to Bambara , and is also known as the language of the merchants. Sô means house in the Dioula language. Thus Bobo-Dioulasso roughly means "the houses in which the Bobo and the Dioula live" or "the houses in which the Bobo live, who speak Dioula".

Satellite photo of Bobo Dioulasso

geography

The city is located in the west of the country and is of great economic importance for Burkina Faso, especially due to its location in the fertile part of the country. It also serves as a hub between Mali and the Ivory Coast .

Bobo-Dioulasso is characterized by a mild climate with a rainy season from May to September.

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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bobo-Dioulasso
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 33.6 35.6 37.5 37.2 33.7 32.6 30.4 29.3 30.7 33.2 34.5 33.3 O 33.4
Min. Temperature (° C) 15.8 17.9 21.4 23.0 22.5 21.4 20.8 20.7 20.3 20.8 19.3 16.3 O 20th
Precipitation ( mm ) 0.0 3.4 17.9 48.4 110.2 128.9 210.4 306.5 210.3 76.3 10.8 2.1 Σ 1,125.2
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.1 8.8 8.0 7.7 8.5 7.8 6.4 5.9 7.0 8.2 9.0 8.5 O 7.9
Rainy days ( d ) 0 1 2 4th 8th 11 13 18th 15th 9 2 0 Σ 83
Humidity ( % ) 25th 25th 32 49 63 72 78 82 79 69 51 32 O 54.9
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Great mosque
town hall
railway station
Forêt classée du Kou , nature reserve and drinking water reservoir

history

Bobo, as the locals often briefly call it, was founded in the 15th century under the name Sya . However, there is evidence that Bobo's history began as early as 1050 when the first Bobo founded a village called Kibidoué where Bobo is today . In the old town of Bobo you can visit Bobo's oldest house, which was built in the 11th century. In 1897 it was conquered by the French and incorporated into the colonial empire. From 1932 to 1947 Bobo-Dioulasso was part of the Ivory Coast colony .

Cityscape

Bobo-Dioulasso is divided into three arrondissements, which are divided into 25 sectors:

  • Dafra : Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, Sector 6, Sector 14, Sector 15, Sector 16, Sector 17, Sector 24, Sector 25
  • Dô: Sector 2 , Sector 10, Sector 11, Sector 12, Sector 13, Sector 22, Sector 23
  • Konsa : Sector 1, Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 9, Sector 18, Sector 19, Sector 20, Sector 21

In addition, 35 villages outside the city center belong to the urban area: Bana, Baré, Borodougou, Dafinso, Darsalamy, Dindéresso, Dingasso, Dodougou, Dogotalama, Dofiguisso, Farakoba, Kékélesso, Kimidougou, Kokorowé, Koro, Kotentouou, Kouakoualéma, Koumi , Logofourousso, Matourkou, Moamy, Moussobadougou, Nasso, Niamadougou, Noumousso, Oualokoto, Pala, Panamasso, Samagan, Santidougou, Sogossagasso, Tondogosso, Yéguéresso

554,042 inhabitants live in the three arrondissements of the city and the villages belonging to the city area (2006 census).

The main traffic routes in the city are the rail connections via the Bobo-Dioulasso station and the Abidjan-Niger railway to the state capital Ouagadougou and Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). Bobo-Dioulasso also has an internationally connected airport Bobo-Dioulasso and the Université polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso (UPB). The Lycée Ouezzin Coulibaly is the largest grammar school with almost 5000 students .

Worth seeing are the old mosque ( Mosquée de Dioulasso-Bâ ) , which was built in 1880 in the style of Sudanese-Sahelian architecture from adobe bricks , the opposite quarter of the forge Dioulasso-Bâ and the tomb of Princess Guimbi Ouattara . There is also the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes , the Bobo-Dioulasso train station on the Place de la Gare and a market that reopened in 2001 after a fire ( Grand Marché de Bobo-Dioulasso ).

economy and politics

Bobo-Dioulasso is the seat of the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso and the commercial and industrial center of the region. Above all textiles , tobacco , livestock products , beverages , canned food and electrical appliances are produced and traded here.

Mayor is Salia Sanou, the municipal council has 154 members. Bobo-Dioulasso has been twinned with Fès in Morocco since 2005 and with Saint-Etienne in France since 2009 .

Culture

Most of the population professes Islam. Nevertheless, in African popular belief, catfish swimming in a water basin in the suburb of Dafra are revered as the city's guardian spirits.

The Semaine Nationale de la Culture (SNC) cultural festival takes place every two years . The Musée Provincial du Houet has existed since 1990, the Musée de la Musique d'Hier et d'Aujourd'hui since 1993.

Three football clubs from Bobo-Dioulasso play in the country's top division. Racing Club Bobo-Dioulasso , Bobo Sports Bobo-Dioulasso and AS-Maya Bobo-Dioulasso play their home games either in the Stade Omnisports de Bobo-Dioulasso (25,000 seats) or in the older Stade Wobi . The former was built on the occasion of the 1998 African Cup of Nations. Another traditional association is ASF Bobo-Dioulasso .

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Web links

Commons : Bobo-Dioulasso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2006 census ( Memento from December 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 92 kB).
  2. ↑ Compte rendu des travaux du conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 juillet 2006: Vaste mouvement de préfets, Hauts-commissaires et Secrétaires généraux de régions et de provinces - Fasopresse: L'information en continu… - Burkina Faso :. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 6, 2007 ; Retrieved on February 21, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fasopresse.net
  3. ↑ wetterkontor.de
  4. ↑ Results of the 2006 census. (PDF; 94 kB) November 6, 2008, accessed on February 20, 2010 (French).